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Connecting With Literature

Important points, learning activities and questions for reflecting on and discussing stories through the lens of literature as “mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors.”

August 17, 2024

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Advocating for Public Education

We all have a crucial role in advocating for children’s right to quality public education and equal access to learning.

March 20, 2025

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Tomorrow Night

Illustration of escaping enslaved peoples.

After planning for a long time, an enslaved family risks everything to live together and be free.

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Informational

Dedication to “The Barbarism of Slavery” Speech

The introduction to Senator Charles Sumner’s famous anti-slavery speech, summarizing the speech’s arguments and making the case against slavery.

Charles Sumner

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Civics

History

December 13, 2017

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

A Student’s Take on Sugar-coated History

This Black Alabama teen and her family had to fill the gaps in her education at home. Here’s her advice to teachers.

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Issue 30, Fall 2006

Cooperative Learning

How to help your students talk about race.

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

Fighting for Human Rights

Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights curriculum inspires students to defend human rights today.

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Rights & Activism

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April 28, 2016

Students Jailed for “Disorderly Conduct”

A law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center details a disturbing pattern: A student is arrested for minor misbehavior, the parents are kept in the dark, and the family finds itself navigating the criminal justice system.

Topic

Ability

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Issue 55, Spring 2017

Pink

A social justice educator comes to terms with his not-so-hidden biases.

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Bullying & Bias

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April 27, 2017

A Call for Democratic Education

Since the polarized 2016 election, many people have suggested what schools can do to promote civility, critical thinking and civic engagement. This educator says democratic education might be the most important way to go.

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