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A Message From Our Director
Our new director introduces herself—and shares some big news!
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Who Claims Me?
In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”
December 6, 2017
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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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High Tech in Small Places
Computers and the Internet help rural schools bridge vast distances—both geographically and culturally. But the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.
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Reading Together
How one group of parents created space for their children to learn, think and teach about social justice.
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Now-based Curriculum
Instead of discussing current events only on Tuesdays or only in response to traumatic events, let’s help students use the curriculum to understand and act against current injustices.
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The Missouri Compromise (1820)
This is the text of the 1820 Missouri Compromise. It shows how lawmakers tried to balance power between slave and free states when admitting Maine and Missouri into the Union.
December 14, 2017
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Meet the 2020 TT Award Finalists!
Learn more about the 10 finalists for the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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August 2, 2017
Meet "Team Wildin"
Interview conducted by Matt Villano. There’s no telling what would have happened to Wildin Acosta if his classmates and teachers hadn’t mobilized on his behalf. While the adults at Riverside High School were critical in