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August 31, 2020

Educators’ and Students’ Rights During COVID-19

A children’s rights attorney and a policy analyst from the Southern Poverty Law Center explain educators’ rights to workplace safety, students’ rights to education access and what it might take to advocate for both.

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Race & Ethnicity Ability Class Rights & Activism

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

What We're Reading

Learning for Justice loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite books for diverse readers and educators!

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Issue 18, Fall 2000

Catch Them Before They Fall

A Kentucky school district bucks the trend toward exclusionary discipline.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

Who's Helen Keller?

Do children's books distort the truth of Helen Keller's life?

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Ability

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Section Two: When There's a Crisis

What Has Happened? A Latine student and an Asian student have an argument that escalates into screamed slurs and a physical scuffle, observed by more than 50 classmates. An opposing football team refuses to take the

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Bullying & Bias

August 27, 2012

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August 6, 2019

Equity Work Should Start From the Top

Group of people gathered around in a circle looking at various materials in front of them.

Two former leaders of one of the nation’s largest school districts encourage their fellow school and district leaders to work for equity in their schools and share their expertise and recommendations.

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Rights & Activism

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July 2, 2018

Is There a #BBQBecky or #PermitPatty in Your Classroom?

The recent rash of viral stories featuring white people who call the cops on law-abiding black people is an iteration of implicit bias that happens in schools every day. It’s time for educators to self-reflect.

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Race & Ethnicity Bullying & Bias

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Issue 11, Spring 1997

Measures of Success

The mother of a "slow learner" champions respect for learning differences.

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Ability

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Edna Brown

Edna Brown is a veteran English Language Arts teacher, essayist, poet and social justice advocate residing in St. Louis. She began her career with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Maryville University and teaching adults with disabilities in one of the first community-based group homes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Edna went on to study social work at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. Finally, she earned master’s degrees in both Secondary Education (Curriculum and Instruction) and English (Composition) from the University of Missouri, St. Louis

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Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education: Instruction

This professional development seminar is designed to help teachers take action and create the conditions that bring the seven main components of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to life.

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May 9, 2014

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