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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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October 10, 2014

“What About My Friends?”

You may get pushback about Mix, but your team can prepare ahead of time.

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February 21, 2019

Empowering Teachers to Become Activists

After noticing tension within their school community, teachers, students and staff planned a one-day workshop for local educators called “Understanding the Muslim American Experience: Leadership Training.”

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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April 18, 2019

Hate at School: March 2019

Student with a startled expression on their face

Hate incidents last month included threats and even violence. We’ve got to do better.

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Religion Ability Bullying & Bias

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September 19, 2018

Engendering Inclusivity in a Language Class

Fused male and female symbol drawn with chalk on a blackboard.

Language classrooms allow students to grapple with how gender affects their understanding of the world, but they also allow teachers to engender their own classrooms as inclusive and safe places for all students.

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Class Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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January 30, 2020

Teach This: Native American Appropriation at the Super Bowl

A football player in a uniform with their back to the viewer.

This weekend’s Super Bowl offers an opportunity to talk with students about appropriation and identity.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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August 28, 2020

Resources for Confronting White Nationalism

Young person sitting in front of a laptop computer.

Educators can play a critical role in recognizing and addressing white nationalism. Two authors of Western States Center’s toolkit, ‘Confronting White Nationalism in Schools,’ explain how.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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February 27, 2023

Conversations About Gun Violence, Disinformation and Extremism

A group of teens sits in a circle having a conversation.

To support young people as they grapple with harms motivated by extremism, PERIL director of research, Pasha Dashtgard, Ph.D., argues that it’s incumbent upon the whole community to address hate-fueled violence.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Discussing Race, Racism and Police Violence

Our country’s system of policing has a history of violence that disproportionately steals the lives of Black, Indigenous and other people of color along with individuals with disabilities. And despite years of protests

July 12, 2017

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The New Kid in Class

Mia can’t understand why the new kid, Amena, seems sad, but she learns that a little empathy can go a long way.

Kaitlin Cyca and Monita K. Bell

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3-5

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Religion Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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History

June 27, 2019

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