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Seeing Themselves in Books
Take a cue from this teacher during National Book Month— audit your classroom library!
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Building Connections Across Communities
In recognizing a meaningful moment with educators, LFJ Associate Director for Learning in Schools, Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, Ed.D., explains how “This work is more sustainable when we share it with others.”
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Voting and Democracy Grants Roundup: High School
TT Voting and Democracy Grants fund projects that encourage students to become empowered advocates for voting in their communities. Here are a few of our favorite projects happening this fall in high schools across the country.
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How Schools Can Help
Four steps schools districts should take to increase opportunities for black students.
July 6, 2009
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Basic Strategies
Educators from all grade levels and all parts of the country emphasize this point: You must speak up against every bigoted and prejudiced remark, every time it happens.
July 30, 2012
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Ding! Start Your Class off Right!
Bell ringers jump-start student learning and take the chaos out of the beginning of class.
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Connect Voting Rights History to Current Policies and Discourse
Uncovering the honest history of voting rights in the U.S. is crucial to create an inclusive society and realize the democratic ideals expressed in the Constitution.
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Toolkit for Girls, Interrupted
As “Girls, Interrupted” documents, girls now account for 30 percent of juvenile arrests and 15 percent of juvenile incarceration—making them the fastest-growing demographic in the juvenile justice system. But they are the least talked about. This toolkit offers a list of resources that educators can consult to expand their knowledge about at-risk girls and build gender-responsive practices to support their needs.
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Letter to Isaac M. Schermerhorn
In this letter, Lincoln offers his argument in favor of finishing the war rather than reaching a peace agreement with the Confederate government.
January 9, 2018