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You Spoke, We Listened
Readers had a lot to say about our Spring “storytelling” issue, the new film kit about Selma and much more.
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Learn From and Honor Black History
Black history is central to our nation’s story. These resources can help celebrate, teach and learn from Black history and experience all year.
February 1, 2024
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Methods Courses
Building on what students have learned in foundations courses, methods courses tend to focus more closely on processes and procedures for teaching specific student populations or for teaching specific disciplines. This
October 24, 2018
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Immigration
Tell complex stories about immigration in the United States and find strategies for serving immigrant students and families. Our resources can help you teach accurately about immigration and offer undocumented and ELL
June 28, 2017
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Teaching Social Justice in Elementary Music Class
With 40 minutes—or fewer—to spend with students each week, this elementary music teacher struggled to teach meaningful content. Then she began asking herself, "Who do I want my students to be when they leave my classroom?"
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Teaching Digital Literacy This Election Season
As disinformation about the 2020 election continues to spread, these resources can help you teach students about evaluating sources, recognizing "fake news" and becoming critical consumers of online information.
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Reef For All
This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." Columbine High School English teacher Jason Webb took an uncommon approach in coping with emotional repercussions following the 1999 tragedy. "Shortly
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Grassroots Parent Organizing
Tips for using grassroots organizing to engage your school’s parents.
July 5, 2017
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Toolkit for "Little Rock 60 Years Later"
Teach and learn about the struggle to integrate Central High School with video clips of Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine, and with accompanying lessons and texts.
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When a Student Dies
How does a school community deal with the violent loss of a student? Unfortunately, this is a question my school has had to answer too often. Still, no matter how many times I’ve been through it, trying to understand my own pain while holding space for my students to feel theirs is something that pushes me beyond my capacity as a teacher.