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Against the Current
Alternative certification gives educators a different route to the classroom. Does it make them fish out of water once they get there?
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Summer Self Care
Let’s use some time this summer to rejuvenate and reflect on our classroom practice!
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Literature
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
The novel's main character, Joey, is introduced in this excerpt. Joey is full of spunk, but he also has trouble focusing and controlling all of his urges—which sometimes leads him to make bad choices.
July 5, 2014
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Building Diversity into the Common Core
I’m a Teaching Tolerance Fellow, and I’m working to develop classroom resources that balance the requirements of the Common Core State Standards with culturally responsive instruction. I’m hoping to draw upon our readers’ expertise to meet this challenge. What readings or texts do you recommend that answer the call of the Common Core and culturally responsive pedagogy?
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Media Literacy Is Crucial for Making Informed Decisions
Media stories about the state of public education abound. So how do we make decisions and engage in critical conversations about the future of our public schools and society? We must be discerning about the information around us. Thinking about what information is provided, the source, why a story is developed, and whose perspective is represented and whose is missing can be valuable in evaluating accuracy and reliability and in understanding the intent behind media information.
- Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
- Teaching Mindful Media Consumption
- The Mind Online Podcast
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Driving Bilingual Education
I am a good driver. You’d never know it, given the theatrics of the backseat drivers in my vehicle, whose sudden gasps and quick grasps for the dashboard denote a lack of confidence in my skills. This drama is alternately amusing, annoying and unnecessary. I'm proud to say that, for the most part, my instinctive go-to practice of "when in doubt, step on the gas" has never let me down.
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Rethinking Poverty and Casual Conversations
What "little" things do you do that might marginalize your students in poverty?
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Student Service Reflection: A Different Kind of Vacation
A student reflects on his travel to New Orleans, where he helped rebuild parts of the Ninth Ward.
July 6, 2009
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Pets Make Great Teachers of Compassion
Children can learn a thing or two from pets. They learn responsibility through feeding and caring for their furry friends. They learn about loss when their pets die and they partake in their first funeral rites.
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Toolkit for “(In)Visible Identity”
This toolkit provides recommendations for talking with students in elementary, middle, and high school about identity, representation and Sikh experience in the United States.