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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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.
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.
July 13, 2014
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Consuming and Creating Political Art
Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.
July 13, 2014