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Teaching Consent Doesn't Have to Be Hard
What if teaching consent to middle school students was so easy and uncontroversial that every school did it? The good people at Power Up, Speak Out! believe that's possible.
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They Deserve Better
Mississippi students were inspired by local civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer to fight for justice in their community today.
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Mindful of Equity
Practices that help students control their impulses can also mask systemic failures.
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Burning 'Brown' to the Ground
Carol Anderson explains how, in many Southern states, Brown v. Board of Education fueled decades of resistance to school integration.
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Signs behind the bar, in Birney, Montana
This photograph, from 1941, was taken by Marion Post Wolcott in Birney, Montana.
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Reframing the Movement
Episode 1, Season 3 Teaching the civil rights movement accurately and effectively requires deconstructing the myths and misconceptions around it. Most people are familiar with a very specific version of the movement that
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Seventeen Syllables
Rosie's mother and father did not marry out of love, and her mother writes haiku as an escape. After entering a contest, a man comes to deliver her prize—a framed picture. Angered by this intrusion, Rosie's father destroys the picture. In her anguish, Rosie's mother explains her marriage to her daughter.
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline
Your students and colleagues may be talking about this past weekend's viral story of an educator who confronted an 11-year-old for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance. The incident and subsequent interactions with school staff ultimately resulted in the child's arrest and suspension. Read and share the resources in this edition of The Moment to better understand the school-to-prison pipeline—and what educators can do to interrupt it.
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