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Issue 6, Fall 2024

Dialogue Across Difference

Group of diverse people observing and discussing art representing justice issues.

Dialogue skills can develop foundational capacity for civic engagement and collective action to strengthen our democracy. The heart of dialogue is not in speaking to convince but rather in active listening and questioning to understand one another.

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Issue 23, Spring 2003

"We Don't Use That Language Anymore"

A leadership program helps Maine students confront the culture of verbal abuse.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 19, Spring 2001

Color Lines

A Chicago art class challenges the racist assumptions behind the color wheel.

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March 14, 2019

Students Know the College-Admissions System Is Rigged

Students rushing through the hallways in school | Teaching Tolerance

When news of the college-admissions cheating scandal broke this week, young people knew it was wrong and many weren’t surprised. Here’s how you can help them tap into their power in spite of it.

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Bullying & Bias

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September 25, 2018

Spotlight on Latinx Leaders Tomorrow

TT Educator Grants support social justice work in the classroom, as well as at the school and district levels. Latinx middle schoolers in California interviewed community leaders who reflected about the challenging and rewarding path to a thriving adulthood.

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Rights & Activism

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July 12, 2021

We Need LGBTQ-Affirming Learning Environments in Person or Otherwise

Teacher looking over a student's shoulder while pointing to something on their iPad.

All learning next school year—whether in-person, remote or hybrid—requires inclusive, safe spaces for students.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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August 16, 2017

Why I Will Not Be Teaching About Charlottesville

After Charlottesville, this black teacher of black and brown students knew that her kids would not want another lesson about bigotry and racism. Here’s what she did instead.

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Rights & Activism

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September 25, 2017

Discussing #TakeAKnee in Class

With the spotlight once again on the act of kneeling during the national anthem, students will bring this conversation to the classroom. Here’s how to guide that discussion.

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Rights & Activism

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Informational

Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson

In the matter of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld practices that perpetuated Jim Crow segregation, declaring that “separate but equal” accommodations were legal. Nearly 60 years later, the Court overturned the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Harlan

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9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

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March 3, 2016

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Literature

A Slave Auction

Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery for 12 years before he was freed. This excerpt from his memoir of those years, Twelve Years A Slave, details a New Orleans slave auction.

Solomon Northup

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6-8

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History

Economics

April 27, 2016

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