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May 23, 2019
Hate at School: April 2019
As the end of the school year approaches, reports of hate and bias in U.S. schools haven’t slowed down.
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Advocating for Honest History Education
Parent and caregiver advocacy is crucial as children’s right to inclusive learning and honest history education is being limited in some states and communities. While the media often highlights the vocal efforts of a few politically motivated parents’ groups to censor teaching and to exclude some children and families from representation, we know that most parents and caregivers support fair and inclusive education practices that protect the learning and well-being of all children.
- Advocating for Honest History Education: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
- Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do
- Celebrate African and Indigenous Cultures: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
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Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
Media literacy — being able to access, analyze and evaluate information for accuracy and reliability across a variety of mediums — is crucial for us to make informed decisions.
October 4, 2024
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What We’re Reading This Week: December 14, 2018
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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The Importation of Negroes into Massachusetts
In this newspaper article, the author made an argument against the importation of enslaved Africans and in favor of the importation of European servants, using race to distinguish the differences between labor.
December 15, 2017
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Saffron Dreams
Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.
July 7, 2014
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Music Reconstructed: Dom Flemons, Black Cowboys and the American West
Installment 2 From ranches to railroads, learn about the often unrecognized role that African Americans played in the range cattle industry, as Pullman porters and in law enforcement. In part two of this special series
March 18, 2022
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Deaf Culture
In her article, Paula Kluth takes care to distinguish between the deaf, Deaf, and hard of hearing communities. Both medical and cultural views on the different groups are discussed.
January 5, 2015
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Inclusive Education Means Safe, Welcoming Schools for All Students
Schools should be safe and welcoming for all children—on this point responsible adults agree. But currently, discriminatory laws and censorship policies threaten the well-being of children. LGBTQ+ young people and families are being targeted, along with Black, Indigenous and other people of color and members of historically marginalized groups, whose histories and experiences are being misrepresented and erased.
- Social Justice Standards
- A Refuge for LGBTQ+ Young People
- Speak Up at School
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Measures of Success
The mother of a "slow learner" champions respect for learning differences.