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Social Justicing With Hip-Hop
Looking for a new way to engage your students? Try one they probably already know and love.
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Supriya's Bowl: A Buddhist Tale of Giving
This story speaks of the importance of giving. When hard times fall on his land, Buddha reaches out to the wealthy, asking them to help feed the poor. The rich people grumble and refuse until a young, well-to-do girl steps forward and offers to take her bowl from house-to-house to be filled for those less fortunate than herself. Supriya succeeds and many in the land fill her bowl and their own to give to the poor.
July 3, 2014
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Peer Perspective Challenges Stereotypes
On a recent field trip, I found Nashley and Bersabeh in a quiet corner of the library, sharing both a chair and a book. For an English teacher, this scene is pure gold: two ninth-graders, becoming friends, in the library, reading a book. I snapped a photo before squealing my delight. Then, I crouched down next to them to find out more about what they were reading.
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“You Guys”?
In a world where words matter, why is there little to no real critical conversation about the mixed-gendered use of “you guys”?
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Reflecting on the 2016-17 School Year
What would you say to your beginning-of-the-school-year self? We asked our advisory board this very question.
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Practice Internal Nonviolence
For this teacher, transforming her interactions with herself translates into the vision of peace she wants to teach in her classroom.
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Fight for Every Child
Connecting teachers and families is a high priority for Julia Zigarelli.
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Lift-Ups Instead of Put-Downs
We know cliques are common in the middle grades, but don’t forget how prevalent they are in the elementary years. Here’s how one educator helped her young students understand that inclusion isn’t just “nice”—it’s fun, too!
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