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Word Work
Making Words
Making Words is a hands-on activity in which students learn how adding and moving letters can create new words.
July 19, 2014
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Rebounding From Hate
When members of this middle school basketball team experienced bigotry and harassment, they had a choice: Give up or rise up.
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Witness
What happens when the role of guest and substitute teachers is complicated through witnessing racism, sexism, prejudice or other mistreatment?
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Community Organizing Uplifts Immigrant Students
Tapping into their own agency and communities, immigrant students and their families are finding ways to mitigate serious obstacles.
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Women’s Rights—Women’s History
The struggle for equality and justice for all women is not relegated to history; it is the lived experience of women today in the United States and around the world.
March 1, 2024
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Advocating for Public Education
We all have a crucial role in advocating for children’s right to quality public education and equal access to learning.
March 20, 2025
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School Vouchers Undermine Public Education and the Common Good
School vouchers are currently a popular topic among politicians and interest groups pushing to defund public schools and shift taxpayer funds to private for-profit or religious institutions. “By funneling public taxpayer money away from public schools, [vouchers] whittle away the ability to provide a high-quality education that is free at the point of service to all children in a community. This allows continued claims of a failing public education system. Yet, what is truly at stake is the future of a system that operates for the common good.”
- School Vouchers and the Efforts to Undermine Public Education
- Understanding How Schools Are Labeled
- Why Public Schools Matter
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MIX IT UP: Students Bridge Social Boundaries
Last November more than 3,000 schools accepted the challenge to sit somewhere new.
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Brain Game Time!
Game time is being cut in exchange for increased direct instruction time in reading and mathematics. But research shows that games actually nourish the brain—and one teacher uses them daily in her classroom.