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Reading and Writing to Learn About Activism
Reading and writing about the work of activists helped this teacher and her students realize that they can make social change by starting small.
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Diverting the Pipeline Happens in Shifts
The Departments of Education and Justice have taken steps to help schools divert the school-to-prison pipeline. How will your school respond?
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Improving the Feedback Loop
Making families an active part of the educational process isn’t just about making them feel included; it is a critical practice that can help children connect and feel safe in the classroom.
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Toolkit for Learning to Be "Good"
The early grades are time when students gain significant personal experience grappling with their own ideas about right and wrong. This toolkit lets students work from experience to talk about knotty ethical issues.
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Day of the Girl 2015
Here’s how one teacher is engaging her students on Day of the Girl, observed annually on October 11. Try these ideas in your classroom, too.
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Take This Non-Expert Advice
How to teach about religious diversity without being a world religions “expert.”
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'The Capacity for Connection'
In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.
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Gender-Affirming Care: What It Is and Why It's Necessary
The willingness to learn, the active step of acknowledging and affirming LGBTQ+ students, and empathy in recognizing the difficulties for the young person help create safer spaces for trans and nonbinary children.
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Viewing Student Data Through an Intersectional Lens
Seeing students’ multiple identity layers and weaving them into the curriculum are both important ways to apply the concept of intersectionality in practice. Another key way to do this is to take a deep look at the