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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Toolkit for "Excerpt: Getting Real About Race"

Educators often have a hard time getting real about race. This toolkit for "Excerpt: Getting Real About Race" provides questions to guide reflection and discussion on how the physical, social, legal and historical constructions of race impact students and educators.

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Z and Vielpunkt

Two male penguins finally get the egg they’ve been hoping for—based on a true story!

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Buttoned Down

Illustration of a boy being fitted for a uniform

Are school uniform policies a perfect fit for all students?

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Class

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January 20, 2010

Texas Tears Up Textbooks

Texas is in the throes of rewriting the curriculum standards for its K-12 textbooks. And that is something to be very, very worried about.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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August 30, 2011

Portfolio Activity for “Getting the Civil War Right”

Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts Categories: History As this Teaching Tolerance story tells us, it’s important to study history—in particular first-hand documents—so that we can continue

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May 8, 2017

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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December 23, 2013

The Myth of the Hero Teacher

Casting educators as saviors undermines the teaching profession—and our students.

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Bullying & Bias

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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript

This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.

April 5, 2011

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for In Bounds

This toolkit suggests one way to study the inclusiveness of your school’s climate for LGBT students and athletes. The toolkit includes suggestions for assembling a committee, possible school survey questions and follow-up steps based on the results.

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March 1, 2011

Getting More Black Men into the Classroom

Walter Sherrill made chemistry cool. He was the sort of refined man who seemed to glide across a room. His voice never rose above a quiet tone, and he wore a mostly stern expression on a peaceful countenance as he explained scientific equations. I cherished the rare times he smiled—or on occasion—chuckled at the ludicrous conclusions of his high school students.

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