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Children Are a Rainforest of Potential
A conversation with Georgia educator Katie Rinderle, who was fired for reading a children’s book about acceptance.
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Going to Bat for Girls
School athletics in Nebraska is radically altered after a mother’s court fight for equal treatment for high school female athletes.
December 6, 2017
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Do You Teach About Ideological Diversity?
Bringing diverse political viewpoints into the classroom is vital in the polarized, echo-chambered world our students inhabit.
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Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)
The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.
July 2, 2014
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Spotlighting—and Quantifying—the Problem
No one knows the extent of the problem nationally. In 2018, the SPLC’s Learning for Justice project, then Teaching Tolerance, collected hundreds of news reports detailing hate in schools directed toward individuals or
April 23, 2019
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Hate at School: May 2019
Racist yearbook photos and “promposals” gone wrong are among this month’s hate incidents that marked the end of the school year.
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Black Men and the Draft
Cleveland Sellers provides a testimonial of his experience with the draft for the Vietnam War, the racism of Selective Service and his antiwar orientation.
June 15, 2022
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Want to Teach Civility? Start With Intellectual Safety.
As the current election cycle reaches its climax, establishing “intellectually safe” communities of inquiry can help mitigate the negative effects the campaign has had on children and classrooms.
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The Right to Vote (Transcript)
This transcript of NBC’s 2004 story “The Right to Vote” highlights the events leading up to the Selma-to-Montgomery march, with firsthand accounts from Rep. John Lewis.
October 26, 2011