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What a Week for Transgender Students!
December started off right with expanded rights for transgender students attending public schools.
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Lessons Learned
Debriefing is an essential step in the postcrisis process. Bring together the incident response team to review lessons learned. But don’t stop there. “Always make sure there’s an opportunity for exchange with multiple
August 27, 2012
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“That Part’s Not True”
Many teachers in the United States will include a lesson on Emmett Till as an introduction to the civil rights movement or as part of their Black History Month plans. This year, it’s time to modify the lesson.
September 15, 2011
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Durham Schools Agree to End Discriminatory Policies
We were encouraged to see that the school system in Durham, N.C., last week agreed to end discriminatory practices that prevent Latino students from receiving an adequate public education.
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What We’re Reading This Week: December 30
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Arrowwood Elementary School Mixes It Up on YouTube!
As part of Mix it Up at Lunch Day, Arrowwood Elementary School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado provided students with a series of ice-breakers to spice up the conversation and help create new friendships. The Douglas County School District’s video of the event shows what Mix It Up is all about!
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Close and Critical Reading
GIST
Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts (GIST) is a summarization procedure that helps students digest complex texts by requiring contextual word learning. GIST explicitly combines the most important words with reading and writing to comprehend complex texts.
July 19, 2014