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President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Obama's 2015 speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when hundreds of voting-rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers as they began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Obama reminds us of the spirit and struggle associated with the marchers in Selma, or any group of people meeting injustice.

Barack Obama

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Civics

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March 11, 2015

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Notes on Situation in Birmingham, Alabama 5/12/1963

President John F. Kennedy made these notes on May 12, 1963, in response to multiple bombings and subsequent rioting in Birmingham, Ala.

John F. Kennedy

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

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July 9, 2014

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March 9, 2017

Support Students From Immigrant Families

A group of young children in a school library with their teacher looking at a globe.

Our web package offers resources on executive orders, ICE raids, safe zones, ELL services and much more.

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Immigration

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Issue 26, Fall 2004

"I Would Never Want To Go Anywhere Else"

Jeff Wahl and Andrea Bucci, student president and senator during 2003-04, want the world to know they are like any other teenagers

I went to Columbine. And I’m proud of my community.

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Rights & Activism

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August 6, 2012

We Honor Sikhs by Learning about Them

We know little about the motives of the gunman who opened fire yesterday in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Many of us will monitor the news during the day, hoping to learn more about what the shooter thought he was doing, sure to hear more about the heroism and horror inside the building.

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Religion

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Issue 26, Fall 2004

The Lesson I've Learned, the Lesson I Teach

This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." By Kiki Leyba April 20, 1999: Reacting Fourth hour. I'm hustling to Frank's office. The principal is going to offer me — a first-year teacher — a

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for ‘The Opioid Crisis’ and Trauma-Sensitive Practices

Students who experience trauma often exhibit behaviors we associate with defiance, indifference or attention-deficit disorders. This toolkit and additional resources can help us overcome those assumptions and respond to such behaviors in trauma-sensitive ways.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

This Is Not a Drill

Educators across the country are taking action when ICE raids happen in their communities. Here’s how you can stand with undocumented students and families—whether or not you live in a vulnerable community.

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In Advance

The best way to avoid being stymied when a moment of bigotry occurs is to prepare yourself and your students. Here's how.

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Bullying & Bias

July 30, 2012

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May 28, 2019

Pledge Laws: Controlling Protest and Patriotism in Schools

United States of America flags placed in a row.

It’s time to revisit students’ rights and what freedom really looks like.

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