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February 16, 2017

Modify and Adjust: Teaching During Turbulent Times

When a bias incident occurred on her campus, this educator quickly adjusted the next day’s teaching plan to address it—because she had to.

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Rights & Activism

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December 10, 2013

We’ve Got Egg on Our Blackface

Wearing blackface as a joke or a tribute suggests lack of understanding about the origin of this racist practice.

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August 12, 2015

Good Work in Education

Excellence, ethics and engagement—are you practicing the “three E’s” as a teacher?

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for “Be Your Own Historian”

Teach and learn about the Reconstruction era with resources—including videos, texts, lessons and a unit plan—from Facing History and Ourselves.

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March 23, 2020

A Trauma-informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

Experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network share their recommendations for educators supporting students during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Teaching the Past to Improve the Future

Illustration of young people together, one in greyscale, one in full color.

Despite a range of opposition, educators are committed to teaching honest history in their classrooms—and students are eager to learn.

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Issue 17, Spring 2000

From Cradleboard to Motherboard

Buffy Sainte-Marie's interactive multimedia curriculum transforms Native American studies

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Reel Life

Cartoon children ride in a boat - Reel Life 101 illustration

Make the foreign familiar with films from around the globe.

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Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

You Spoke, We Listened

Readers talk yoga, invisible disabilities and Title IX.

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Jacqueline Jordan Irvine

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University. Her specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African American students. Her books include Black Students and School Failure, Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools, Critical Knowledge for Diverse Students and Culturally Responsive Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades.