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Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
Now, more than ever, these vulnerable students need advocates in schools.
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Amplify Asian American Identities Beyond a Heritage Month
This edition of The Moment ensures your classroom reflects the diversity of Asian-American students and to help them feel seen year-round.
- I Am Asian American
- Teachers, Check Your Texts
- (In)Visible Identity
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Toolkit for "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff"
Support and affirm your immigrant students with these resources.
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Literature
The House on Lemon Street
In 1916, one family battled against the unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry. In doing so, they lent their own voices to the growing chorus of Asian Americans insisting: "We belong here."
July 13, 2018
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Informational
Si Se Puede
“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”
August 9, 2017
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Multimedia
My Identity
After growing up in foster care, Ashley, a young Native-American Caucasian woman, converts to Islam in hopes of finding structure in a life where it never existed. However, with that decision comes the risk of losing one of the few biological connections she still has.
January 12, 2018
publication
Section IV: Policy Checkup
To ensure students feel welcome, valued and safe enough to learn, schools must actively cultivate a welcoming climate that values every member of its student body. This means that the spoken and unspoken messages
July 5, 2017
professional development
Mutual Learning Through Conversation
Certain encounters help young students develop values and virtues that open spaces in their minds and hearts so they can see the world and its people in broader terms.
July 5, 2017
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Informational
I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered
In this blog post, the author details the internal struggle she feels when coming to terms with the bloody heritage she shares with conquistadors like Christopher Columbus and the pride she takes in remembering, embracing and living out her cultural history.
August 22, 2016
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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.