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July 16, 2020

Confronting the Weaponization of Whiteness in Classrooms

A group of educators speaking to each other.

As viral racist incidents quickly disappear from public discourse, we challenge white teachers to keep those moments top of mind and reflect on their own biased behaviors in classrooms.

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Toolkit for "Saving Title VI"

This toolkit utilizes some of those educator-facing resources so you—or your professional learning community—can frame a reflection on your students, your school and your role in upholding Title VI.

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The History of African-American Social Dance

Why do we dance? African-American social dances started as a way for enslaved Africans to keep cultural traditions alive and retain a sense of inner freedom. They remain an affirmation of identity and independence. In this electric demonstration, packed with live performances, choreographer, educator and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown explores what happens when communities let loose and express themselves by dancing together.

Camille A. Brown

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6-8 9-12

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Class Immigration

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History

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September 28, 2018

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April 10, 2024

Teaching Toward Liberation With Love: Q&A With Author Jamilah Pitts

Five children standing and participating in a classroom activity.

Centering liberation in the practices educators already engage with is an essential aspect to achieve a just world.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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June 17, 2016

One Year Later: Reflections on Charleston

The massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, deeply saddened us—but also galvanized us. On the anniversary of the attack, six TT staffers remember.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Flagler County: A Case for Suspension Abolition

A troubled Florida community becomes a pioneer in discipline reform.

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Rights & Activism

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June 16, 2020

“No, I Am Not OK.” Thanks for Asking.

Signs with "Black Lives Matter" and "BLM" laid on the ground with flowers.

As protesters across the nation rise up against police violence and systemic racism in support of Black lives, there’s something white allies need to recognize.

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Rights & Activism

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April 15, 2010

A Time to Honor “The Children”

On February 27, 1960, about 300 college students marched into downtown Nashville to confront Jim Crow segregation. Each of the marchers understood that they belonged to a larger movement of young people. Just three weeks earlier, in Greensboro, N.C., four college students staged a sit-in at the whites-only lunch counter in a Woolworth store. That action desegregated the lunch counter and triggered waves of copycat protests—like the one in Nashville.

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Rights & Activism

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Paragraph 175

The German Reichstag passed the following version of Paragraph 175, which imposed harsher legal restrictions and penalties on sexual activity between men, in 1935. With this law came a dramatic increase in the number of individuals facing prosecution for homosexual activity.

German Reichstag

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9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

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July 2, 2014

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Robert Kim

Robert (Bob) Kim is a leading expert in education law and policy in the United States. A former civil rights attorney, Bob is the co-author of Education and the Law, 5thed. and Legal Issues in Education: Rights and Responsibilities in U.S. Public Schools Today (West Academic Publishing, 2019 & 2017). He also wrote Let’s Get Real: Lessons and Activities to Address Name-calling & Bullying (Groundspark, 2004) and has advised thousands of educators on civil rights and school climate issues in public schools. Bob currently serves as an education adviser and consultant on civil rights and equity

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