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Twenty States Still Use the Paddle
In 1964, my third-grade teacher relied mainly on an air of motherly authority to maintain control over her classroom of more than 50 8-year-olds. But when pushed, she warned darkly of deploying her spanking machine.
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Books Help Open Talks About LGBT Issues
One reason there are so many incidences of anti-gay bullying is a simple lack of understanding. Introducing kids to LGBT topics at an early age, in a comfortable and open environment, rather than allowing them to discover the subject at a later age where they may also pick up prejudicial and inaccurate information can help prevent such violence. This approach can also help LGBT children–or those with LGBT family members—feel safer and more accepted within the classroom.
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New Law Makes Lunchrooms Shame-Free Zones
New Mexico is leading the way in making school cafeterias more welcoming and equitable places.
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Students Activists Need Our Support
A pair of news stories this week reported that students were being silenced and punished when they attempted to speak up for others. This is disappointing.
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Valentine Road Spotlights TT Issues
HBO premieres a new documentary about the murder of a transgender youth and the community that survived him.
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Poetry Encourages Self-Expression
Writing poems can help students address difficult issues and become agents for social change.
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Speak Truth To Power
Speak Truth To Power creates a new generation of students leaders who are not only aware of human rights abuses, but prepared to do something about them.
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The burden of being a young American Muslim
Hailey Woldt describes being a part of a research team that traveled to 75 cities and visited 100 mosques as part of a study on Muslims living in a post-9/11 America. In Brooklyn, a ten-year-old boy tells of being beaten, prevented from practicing his religion in peace and called a terroist.
July 3, 2014
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!