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Investigating Gender Expression
Some students struggle to see gender stereotypes, but telling personal stories can open their eyes.
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Ally or Accomplice? The Language of Activism
A new use of the word accomplice pushed this educator to rethink her activist approaches inside and outside the classroom.
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Word Wall
A word wall is an organized display of vocabulary words drawn from central texts students are reading.
July 19, 2014
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Title IX at 40
This 1972 law was never just about sports—it radically changed everything about education for girls and women.
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Teaching “America’s National Crime”
Our new film and viewer’s guide offer educators the tools they need to teach honestly and effectively about lynching and the symbolic power of the noose.
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Humanizing Asian Americans in the Classroom Through Children’s Literature
Asian American stories are often absent from classroom libraries. In this article, one educator explains why this gap is so harmful—and recommends ways to fix it.
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Why Civics Needs Social Justice Education
Social justice-oriented civics education is crucial for developing the civic knowledge, skills and dispositions people need to fulfill the potential of a multiracial and inclusive democracy.
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Freedom's Main Line
One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.
December 6, 2017
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Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes’ Classical Perspective on Jim Crow
Installment 4 From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. Renowned classical pianist Lara Downes is bringing new appreciation to the works of
April 26, 2022