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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.
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Five Standards of Effective Pedagogy
Does your teaching include these five standards? Take a deep dive with this self-check, originally produced by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence at the University of California.
May 4, 2011
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'What Has Happened to America?'
Klan groups frequently leave pamphlets on doorsteps and parked cars to spread their message of hate. A group calling itself the Bristol Knights distributed a flier in white Connecticut neighborhoods in the 1980s.
April 28, 2016
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Toolkit for "A New Frame of Mind"
This toolkit for "A New Frame of Mind" provides a curated list of resources—authors, experts, websites—related to autism and the neurodiversity movement.
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We Don’t See Racism?
Two afternoons a week, I tutor a high school junior in English and history and enjoy gleaning insights into a different school community than the one in which I work. My client Mary attends a school with a predominantly white and wealthy student population. I work mainly with students of color from families who live in poverty.
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Covering
To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.
July 2, 2014
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Questioning Payne
She’s popular, but is she right? TT examines Dr. Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty.
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Toolkit for ‘I Am Asian American’
This toolkit accompanies the article “I Am Asian American” and provides professional-development resources to help teachers reflect on their own assumptions and knowledge gaps about Asian Americans and include a variety of Asian American voices in their curricula.
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Rigor + Support = Success
One-sixth of American children live in poverty. Experienced teachers offer a formula for change.