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March 10, 2020

‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote

Photograph of protesters in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s.

Use ‘Selma Online’ to help students build decision-making, leadership, activism and civic engagement skills at their own pace.

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Rights & Activism

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March 17, 2020

A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures

Young student in head wrap reading materials in their lap seated on a bed.

An instructional coach experiencing long-term school closures in Washington state shares some encouraging words for fellow educators who are grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and their own emotions.

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

Toolkit for “School as Sanctuary”

Illustration of someone approaching a school building while holding umbrella.

Put this story into action!

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Recognizing Caregivers as Funds of Knowledge

When educators take the time to build and sustain engagement with students’ caregivers, they illustrate social justice in action, showing students that their identities and living situations are valuable and worthy of understanding.

May 26, 2023

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Black Unionists Form Coalition: Organization Will Work for McGovern but Will Not Disband After Election, The New York Times (October 3, 1972)

Newspaper article describing Black laborers’ frustration with the mainstream labor movement and the 1972 formation of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Philip Shabecoff

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement

July 7, 2022

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Issue 66, Spring 2021

The Fight for Ethnic Studies

Illustration of the word "history" written on top of puzzle pieces.

Across the country, advocates are working to ensure K-12 students have the opportunity to take ethnic studies courses.

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Rural Schools and Hard History

Paper cutout art of a school building and trees.

The rich history and diversity of rural communities have largely been erased. Appreciating both charts a promising path forward.

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Maggie Messitt

Maggie Messitt is an American writer and editor focused on narrative and immersion journalism in middle America & southern Africa. She lived in rural Africa for more than six years and split her life between two continents for two more. She returned to the US as a full-time resident in early 2011. Maggie currently resides in Athens, OH, where she's a doctoral fellow in Creative Writing at Ohio University. When she's not teaching or working on her next manuscript, she continues to write/report for regional and national publications. Maggie lived in Limpopo, South Africa, from 2003-2011 (6yrs

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Issue 39, Spring 2011