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Mix Brings Visibility to the Invisible
“Privilege is choosing what we do not see” -Dorothy Soelles These words speak to my ongoing journey out of homophobia—a journey that began over a decade ago in Mississippi.
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Picture Books
Students work in small groups to write and illustrate an original children's picture book to teach others about a social justice or diversity topic present in the central text.
July 13, 2014
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Involving Students in School Improvement
How can educators enfranchise student voices for school improvement? A free toolkit—Speak Out, Listen Up!—offers some try-tomorrow strategies.
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Seeing the Pain Beneath the Challenge
Carlisha certainly has her share of challenges. I work with her both in small groups and one-on-one. Sometimes she falls asleep, which she attributes to her diabetes medication. Some faculty members speculate that she is faking because she doesn’t want to do the work.
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Get Past the Discomfort, Discuss LGBT Issues
I work as an instructional coach at a large, diverse and underperforming urban public elementary school. Our students are at-risk. Families are struggling with stress and trauma. Teachers work mightily to close the achievement gap. So as I left a third-grade classroom the other day after a check-in with the teacher, I wasn’t surprised when she said, “Wait, can I ask you one more thing?”
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Teacher Blocks ‘Deviant’ Atheist Club
When JT Eberhard of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), an organization providing support to nontheistic students, received a letter from a teacher bragging about blocking formation of an atheist club, the lack of a return address didn’t slow him down. He used the email address provided by the sender to locate the teacher and alert administrators.
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Supporting Students from Immigrant Families
Learn more about immigrant students’ rights, public schools’ obligations to immigrant students, and resources for families.
July 11, 2017
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Resisting Hate and Building Resilience
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol reminds us of the importance of strengthening democracy and countering hate. Our resource series Resisting Hate in Education offers strategies for prevention, intervention and response to hate and bias. Explore recent resources on understanding and addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia in schools along with recommendations for supporting young people during tragedies and crisis events. Together, we can engage as a broader community across our differences, build networks to foster resilience and take action to resist hate.
- Resisting Hate in Education
- Understanding Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Education
- Handle With Care: Supporting Young People During Crisis Events
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‘LGBT Content. Access Denied’
A couple of years ago, an acquaintance who worked at the local college where I was teaching had trouble sending and receiving emails. She couldn’t, for the life of her, figure out why. Then an IT administrator clued her in: Her first name—Gay—triggered the school’s Internet filters. They were set to block any references to homosexuality, gender identity, etc.