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Appreciation and Appropriation Outside the Classroom
By distinguishing between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation, teachers can help students better understand cultural enrichment spaces.
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What I Finally Learned in My Silence
This teacher participated in GLSEN’s National Day of Silence for years, but during the 2018 event, she gained incredible perspective. This is her reflection.
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Northwest Community Organization pamphlet, 12th Street Detroit
In response to the 1967 Detroit Race Riots (which took place during the “Long, hot summer of 1967”) the Northwest Community Organization worked to address some of the underlying issues that persisted in urban areas, like residential segregation.
July 18, 2022
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Recognition
Since its founding in 1991, Learning for Justice—formerly Teaching Tolerance—has been recognized as a transformative force in education. Our materials have won two Oscars, an Emmy and scores of honors. Here is a sampling
June 28, 2017
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Teaching in the Shadow of Trauma
When we teachers get a so-called “problem child” in class, it’s crucial to ask ourselves, “What is causing this behavior to manifest? What is occurring in this child’s life that we can’t see?”
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Bridging Friendship on the Titanic
Sometimes school tracking sets students up for failure, academically and socially. My students with disabilities, who require extra academic assistance, often ended up on the short end of the stick. Because they were in all of the same classes together I noticed that they also clung to each other in the cafeteria. They had a difficult time fitting in and making friends with other students.
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Please Talk About Orlando: A Letter to the Nervous Educator
As educators, we cannot be silent about hate. We must take a stand and equip our students to do the same.
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Collage of Concerns
Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.
July 13, 2014