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Give the Kid a Pencil
We all make mistakes. How teachers respond has everything to do with whether or not their students feel valued as human beings.
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One Hundred Years in the Making
Get to Know the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Get Past the Discomfort, Discuss LGBT Issues
I work as an instructional coach at a large, diverse and underperforming urban public elementary school. Our students are at-risk. Families are struggling with stress and trauma. Teachers work mightily to close the achievement gap. So as I left a third-grade classroom the other day after a check-in with the teacher, I wasn’t surprised when she said, “Wait, can I ask you one more thing?”
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The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)
Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, one of her teachers, with white blotches on her face, shows how she's been able to accept the skin she's in.
July 3, 2014
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The Fiery Tail: A Chinese Tale of True Beauty
The Peacock Fairy needs to choose an apprentice, but all of the peacocks look alike. To stand out, most of them decide to add things to their feathers, but the Little Peacock doesn't follow suit, and his actions succeed in catching the Peacock Fairy's attention.
July 3, 2014
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Serving the Broad Spectrum of Students
Jeffrey Farley prizes students who might slip through the system otherwise.
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We Need the Lessons of Reconstruction
Now, more than ever, the teaching of Reconstruction needs to be a central component of history education in high school.
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The Three Billy Goats Gracious
A retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," this story puts a cooperative twist on the traditional Norwegian tale.
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
McIntosh's article details the ways in which white people—male and female—are given unacknowledged advantages. She focuses on situations in which skin-color is the dominant priveleging factor (over class, religion, ethnic status, or geographic location) but acknowledges that many of these attributes are interconnected.
July 5, 2014