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December 1, 2010

A Call for Effective, Non-Violent Voices

Closing out our unit on the L.A. Riots, I asked my students to reflect on whether they thought a similar incident could happen in Oakland. Student opinion revealed an even split.Here’s what a few of the optimists had to say[...]

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Rights & Activism

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July 8, 2016

Here We Go Again

What can we say to our kids after a week like this one?

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

From Slavery to School Discipline

Illustration of eyes peering from behind bars shaped like pencils.

Envisioning schools that affirm and protect Black students means reckoning with a long history of racist punishment.

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Toolkit for "A Teacher's Guide to Rerouting the Pipeline"

This toolkit explains five “shifts” classroom teachers can make in their teaching practices and their interactions with students to help disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Proclamation of the Striking Textile Workers of Lawrence

Sometimes known as the “Bread and Roses” strike, the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 was an early case of an ethnically diverse, largely female workforce protesting long hours and low wages.

Workers of Lawrence, Massachusetts

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9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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Medgar Evers

This essay details Medgar Evers’ involvement in the civil rights movement as a pivotal member of the Mississippi NAACP. It also addresses his tragic murder at the hands of a White Citizens Council member.

Learning for Justice Staff

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9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Geography

March 2, 2016

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Toolkit for “The School-to-Prison Pipeline”

The school-to-prison pipeline represents an intersection of complex issues, including race, class, education and the American justice system. Learn more by exploring the following research. Bibliography Bureau of Justice

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Kaia Woodford

Kaia M. Woodford is a student activist who is passionate about improving educational equity for students of color in Bexley, Ohio. She is a founding board member of the Bexley Anti-Racism Project, a collaboration of students and faculty organized to amplify underrepresented student voices and to educate the broader community on issues of racial inequity. In this capacity, Kaia serves on the Bexley City School Anti-Racism Taskforce to ensure that Bexley City Schools administrators have the benefit of lived student experience to inform anti-racist board policy. She also serves on the Bexley

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Bringing Black Lives Matter Into the Classroom | Part II

Hand holding a cell phone in the classroom with a photo of a BLM protest on the screen

Educator Jamilah Pitts introduces ways to discuss Black Lives Matter across all grade levels.

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April 18, 2012

Students Must not be Treated as Criminals

I don’t remember exactly what instigated it, but something had made Cashanda mad. She positioned herself—and her desk—right smack in front of the board. She was defiant. Her physical placement made it impossible to continue my lesson.

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