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Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice

Most history textbooks include a section about Rosa Parks in the chapter on the modern civil rights movement. However, Parks is only one among many African-American women who have worked for equal rights and social justice. This series introduces four of those activists who may be unfamiliar to students.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

History

May 3, 2012

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Ingrid Drake

Ingrid Drake is a writer, Pacifica Radio correspondent and community educator living in Washington, D.C.

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

We ♥ Art!

Arts programs battle budget cuts and perceptions that they’re “extra” classes. But they’re the main reason many struggling students stay focused on school.

Topic

Class

author

Rhonda Thomason

Rhonda Thomason is a National Board Certified educator who taught in public schools for 26 years.

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October 18, 2016

A Teacher Who Looks Like Me

A white educator reflects on this reality: Most teachers in the United States are white, which means that many children of color don’t have academic role models who look like them.

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January 14, 2014

Teaching Around the Script

Scripted curricula can limit teachers and hurt morale. But living social justice ideals in the classroom still imparts valuable lessons to students.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

April 2, 2015

Complexities of Complexion…Revisited

This educator reflects on a blog she wrote for Teaching Tolerance in 2014—and finds herself confronting the same misperceptions from others about her culture and worldview.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

A Message From Our Managing Editor

Many of us are not OK right now, but so many people are doing good work to change that—including good work in schools.

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In Advance

The best way to avoid being stymied when a moment of bigotry occurs is to prepare yourself and your students. Here's how.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 30, 2012

author

Andrea Bittle

Andrea Bittle is an educator in Chapel Hill, NC. She teaches and writes from Durham, NC.

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