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Peaceful Lessons from Peaceful Leaders: Tri-Leadership

This shortest month of the year is typically filled with history reports, pageants, guest speakers, cultural fairs and the like. Seldom a day goes by that we don't hear the names of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Madame C.J. Walker, George Washington Carver, and so on.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 17, 2009

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Issue 55, Spring 2017

Toolkit for "Controlling the Student Body"

This toolkit for “Controlling the Student Body” offers a set of recommended resources for improving school policies and school climate.

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March 14, 2012

Don’t Label a Book by Gender

In my eighth-grade language arts classroom, we use discussion as a vehicle for learning, thinking, writing, posing and defending arguments, questioning and reviewing—just about everything. And as can be expected, we sometimes digress from the topic at hand.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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December 6, 2012

Help Save A Life

Students are dying. On Nov. 27, Josh Pacheco took his own life. He had come out as gay to his mother a couple months before his death. His parents learned recently that Josh had been bullied at school.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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February 24, 2012

The Art of Courage

When Gary enrolled in her class, my friend Mary was warned that he had an attitude problem. But on his first day in her high school basic art class, she soon realized that Gary's main problem was the attitudes of certain other students.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

Toolkit for Abuse of Power

Teacher bullying is terrifying and harmful to students. This toolkit helps you reflect on the realities of bullying and how you can work against it.

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September 10, 2014

Avoid Disaster: Assign Seating in Middle School

Have you noticed students being excluded in your classroom? A new seating arrangement can make all the difference.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Small Truths: The Immigration Experience Through the Eyes of Children

This film documents English language learners as they write and tell personal stories from their past.

Sarah Yuster

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Immigration

Subject

Civics

Economics

Geography

February 6, 2017

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A Priceless Lesson in Humility

Felipe Morales' telling account of an encounter with a blind woman on the streets of Washington, D.C. was recorded for This I Believe. The NPR project features brief personal essays in which people from diverse backgrounds discuss how their values affect their daily lives.

Felipe Morales

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Topic

Ability Class Immigration

July 2, 2014

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Collage of Concerns

Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

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