Search


Type
Grade Level
Social Justice Domain
Subject
Topic

4,431 Results

article

Common Ground

Research tells us that children’s engagement with natural environments offers a host of benefits. Schools can capitalize on this knowledge.
professional development

Democratic Classrooms

Educators possess different philosophies and styles for their teaching. Some work from an authoritarian perspective, leveraging their power as the teacher to control student behavior and dictate classroom participation. Others employ a more democratic approach, sharing power with students and supporting them in managing their own behaviors.
Professional Development Topic
Classroom Culture
July 6, 2009
article

Knowing When to Advocate for a Student

Today, I got a laptop. Not for me. For Aeesha. Let me flash back to about six weeks ago. A team meeting took place around a table in the science classroom, completing the annual discussion about Aeesha’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). In eighth grade, Aeesha still struggles with basic mathematics, with written expression skills and with decoding text. In many ways, she is an elementary school student trapped in a middle school student’s adolescent body.
text
Informational

Mary Robinson

“Mary Robinson, lawyer, human rights activist and feminist, redefined the scope of two important positions. Robinson was elected the first woman president of Ireland in 1990, serving until 1997. She took up the post of United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.”
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
Subject
Civics
Social Justice Domain
August 8, 2017