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Reading Between the Lines
Teachers don’t want to be called saints or soldiers. Let’s mark Teacher Appreciation Week with a commitment to go beyond the rhetoric and speak accurately about teaching as a profession.
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The Voting Rights Act, Today
How do we celebrate the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 when significant threats to equal voting rights still exist in the United States?
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What Does the First Amendment Say About Displaying Religious Symbols?
Educators can’t display religious symbols in public schools, but that does not mean religious symbols can never appear in the classroom. So when is it OK?
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Family Restaurant
In this film, the debates surrounding same-sex marriage are illustrated when a ketchup bottle wants to be with a mustard bottle. Picky, the toothpick dispenser, resists such an idea because it flies in the face of tradition.
July 8, 2014
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The Names On The Board
An Ohio teacher dares students to envision a new community.
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Fueled by Doubt
Educators need to recognize the doubts that students carry, this former elementary teacher says. But in doing so, educators should emphasize to students that doubt can lead to learning and growth.
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Defensive About Diversity Trainings
How do you respond to co-workers who do not recognize their own privileges? An after-school program staff member shares her experience.
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Do You See What I See?
Children need help learning to see perspectives that differ from their own, and teachers can guide them—even in preschool and the early grades.
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Historical Fiction as a Teaching Tool
This afterschool educator discusses how historical fiction is an effective tool to teach youth about underrepresented people and identities in classrooms and in U.S. history textbooks.