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'The Capacity for Connection'

In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.

Professional Development Topic

Instruction

Topic

Bullying & Bias

June 30, 2017

article

March 13, 2023

"Safe Saturday" Conversations About Race

Computer, notebook, pen, coffee cup sit on a desk with a stack of books and an apple on top.

An educator’s message motivated by personal unresolved grief leads to the creation of a safe space for intensive, interactive learning about racism and honest U.S. history.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

article

Issue 40, Fall 2011

Straight Talk About the N-Word

Sean Price's interview with Arizona State University Professor Neal A. Lester. Lester has twice taught courses on the n-word—and found there’s plenty to talk about.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

article

Issue 61, Spring 2019

Advice From the Experts

TT answers your tough questions.

lesson

The Color of Law: Winners and Losers in the Job Market

This lesson is the second lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine how government policies helped white people access economic benefits while preventing African Americans from accessing these same benefits.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

Economics

October 10, 2019

article

November 3, 2017

Hate at School: October 2017

Young African-American Child Sitting Against Locker

We tracked 90 hate incidents at schools in October alone—and that’s only what made the news. Just as important is the way schools respond, and in most cases, those responses don’t measure up.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

article

May 13, 2024

Connecting the 'Brown' Decision to Today's Social Justice Movement

Image of woman and child on the steps of the Supreme Court with a newspaper with headline about the Brown decision

Teach the Supreme Court’s decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka' in all its complexity and relevance to the ongoing movement for inclusive education.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement

article

April 16, 2018

"We Have to Start Having These Conversations"

TT Educator Grants support social justice at the classroom, school and district levels. TT's grants manager spoke with grantee Jenny Finn about her project helping her Appalachian students explore racism and white privilege close to home.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

author

Loretta J. Ross

Loretta J. Ross is a Visiting Professor of Practice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University teaching "Reproductive Justice Theory and Practice" and "Race and Culture in the U.S." for the 2018-2019 academic year. Previously, she was a Visiting Professor at Hampshire College in Women's Studies for the 2017-2018 academic year teaching "White Supremacy in the Age of Trump." She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations

publication

Teaching the Civil Rights Movement

[2023] Teaching the Civil Rights Movement begins in 1877 with Reconstruction and continues the narrative of the movement for equality and civil rights to the present.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

September 29, 2023

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