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Cruel and Unusual
When crisis management techniques like restraint and seclusion become daily practice, kids get hurt.
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Different Colors of Beauty
The overall goal of these lessons is to help students develop their racial or ethnic identities in a safe and open classroom environment. Each lesson capitalizes on a slightly different modality of learning. The lessons
September 2, 2011
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The First 100 Days
Students struggle to find a way forward after their classroom’s election.
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Help Students Remember César Chávez
Today is the kickoff of Farmworker Awareness Week. It is a time to honor the backbreaking work that goes into harvesting our food.
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Section One: Before a Crisis Occurs
A school climate that encourages inclusion and promotes tolerance creates an atmosphere in which bias acts are less likely to gain momentum and more likely to be quickly and widely denounced.
August 27, 2012
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Getting Students in the Mix
Mix It Up is about the students, and they make some of the best organizers!
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The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal
This clever boy teaches the villagers that they should not be afraid of something just because they have never seen it before.
July 3, 2014
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The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal
Once upon a time there was a very clever boy. Nearby was a village he decided to visit. Just outside that village he came upon a crowd of people standing in a field. As he drew near, he saw they looked quite frightened
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Acknowledging the Bigotry Within
A couple of nights ago, I took my daughter to Chuck-E-Cheese, a tradition of ours when her other mother is out of town. We play skee-ball to win long rows of tickets that we later exchange for plastic toys and stickers. We play — it’s our way of lessening how much we miss the Mom who’s not with us. This particular evening something besides the blinking lights of games caught my eye, though.