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How ‘Homegoing’ Has Changed My Teaching
After reading Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, this teacher is doubling down on his efforts to root the study of literature and written expression in an emancipatory impulse.
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Student Voices Are Clear. Listen.
Our schools are critical tools for helping newly arrived immigrant students adjust to their new homes. What’s the best way to know how to help? Listen.
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Be the Change...
Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.
July 13, 2014
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Help Save A Life
Students are dying. On Nov. 27, Josh Pacheco took his own life. He had come out as gay to his mother a couple months before his death. His parents learned recently that Josh had been bullied at school.
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Buddy Share
Students choose a mode of expression—e.g., writing, art or storytelling—to share theme-related ideas and feelings with a “buddy” from outside the classroom.
July 13, 2014
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Ed Café
Practices that honor student identities, build intergroup awareness and support diverse learning styles.
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Do Something! (Grades K-2)
ObjectivesActivities will help students: synthesize all discussions and activities they have participated in with regard to gender expression and identity; solidify their understanding of the harmful nature of
March 13, 2012