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Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

Effective collaborative learning requires planning to avoid existing racial, gender, socio-economic, linguistic, academic or other divisions within the classroom.

May 23, 2023

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

A Message From Our Managing Editor

Many of us are not OK right now, but so many people are doing good work to change that—including good work in schools.

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Parenting, teen development and prejudice

Ages 13-17

July 30, 2009

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March 24, 2011

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

In today’s anti-government, anti-union environment, it’s important to illustrate what happens when the powerful hold all the cards. The Triangle shirtwaist fire presents an opportunity to do just that.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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1947: Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball

Suzanne Bilyeu details how Jackie Robinson's gift for playing ball eventually united a team of 30 men and gave hope to hundreds of thousands of African Americans. These feats came at a great cost to Robinson physically, mentally and emotionally as he endured hate and hardships on and off the field

Suzanne Bilyeu

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9-12

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Rights & Activism

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History

July 7, 2014

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The Code Noir (1685)

The Code Noir shows the ways in which the French regulated their colonies using a race and religion based legal framework.

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6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

January 4, 2018

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Issue 66, Spring 2021

Mathematics in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation

Social justice education isn’t limited to humanities courses. Two math educators explain how their commitment to equity informs the way they teach.

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April 2, 2018

Making King Real for Students Today

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Flip Schulke/Corbis via Getty Images

On the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, we encourage teachers to break through the simplistic King narrative and share his righteous anger at poverty and militarism.

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Rights & Activism

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My Identity

After growing up in foster care, Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian woman, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed. However, with that decision comes the risk of losing one of the few biological connections she still has.

Yasmin Mistry

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6-8 9-12

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Religion

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History

January 12, 2018

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

Rebounding From Hate

Illustration of a girls' basketball team huddle underneath the basket

When members of this middle school basketball team experienced bigotry and harassment, they had a choice: Give up or rise up.

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