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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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July 6, 2022

Don’t Stop Talking About Gun Violence

A child's feet with sneakers on them stand in front of words that include protect, students, mass shooting, cries, brutality, activism, walkout and more etched in chalk on the ground.

We must push for more restrictive gun laws to change the cycle of mass shootings, collective outrage and minimal action.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Walking Undocumented

Wildin Acosta will walk across the graduation stage in June—but he almost didn't make it. Read about his incredible journey and the team of student journalists and teachers who helped make it happen.

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Immigration

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

A Different Kind of Pedagogy

Illustration of students having a discussion with a teacher seated near a blackboard.

Process drama, which encourages students to play with inquiry, brings content to life for students. Here’s how it looked in one high school classroom in Ohio.

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Issue 55, Spring 2017

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

Immigrant and Refugee Children illustration B Bragg

Now, more than ever, these vulnerable students need advocates in schools.

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Immigration

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Dismantling Racial Caste

What is needed to end mass incarceration and permanently eliminate racial caste in the United States? Legal and policy solutions alone are not enough to dismantle racial caste because the methods of racial control within this system are “legal” and rarely appear as outwardly discriminatory. A social movement that confronts the role of race and cultivates an ethic of care must form or else a new racial caste system will emerge in the future.

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9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

Civics

History

October 14, 2014

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Informational

1960: Sitting Down to Take a Stand

In this article, Suzanne Bilyeu details how the sit-in by the "Greensboro Four" at Woolworth's store in North Carolina created a domino effect which led to sit-ins across the country and galvinized support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Suzanne Bilyeu

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9-12

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Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 5, 2014

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Issue 34, Fall 2008

You Can!

With a little encouragement, students everywhere can make the leap from passive interest to active engagement.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

Brown Is...

Complete interviews with 14 Americans about the legacy and impact of 'Brown v. Board.'

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Rights & Activism

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Enrichment Courses

There are several reasons why TT materials may be more commonly used in enrichment courses than their foundations or methods counterparts. It may be that faculty teaching these classes have more flexibility to

October 24, 2018

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