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Charles Person: Freedom Rider Encourages Others To Get On Board
For the youngest of the original Freedom Riders who boarded buses in 1961, the quest for justice continues.
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Section III: Family Engagement
It is impossible to really see and understand students without understanding their lives outside of school. If handled with respect and cultural sensitivity, school-family relationships can deepen trust and positively
July 5, 2017
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Educators’ and Students’ Rights During COVID-19
A children’s rights attorney and a policy analyst from the Southern Poverty Law Center explain educators’ rights to workplace safety, students’ rights to education access and what it might take to advocate for both.
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BROWN V. BOARD: Where Are We Now?
Fifty years after the historic ruling, American schools are resegregating.
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Breaking My Silence About 9/11 in Class
When LFJ’s manager for teaching and learning—then a fifth-grade teacher—shared his personal story about the 9/11 attacks with his students, a fascinating, in-depth conversation about narrative writing occurred.
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Toolkit for Learning to Be "Good"
The early grades are time when students gain significant personal experience grappling with their own ideas about right and wrong. This toolkit lets students work from experience to talk about knotty ethical issues.
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Future Voters Project: Including All Students
These recommendations will help ensure that no student feels excluded or singled out during your school’s voter registration drive.
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Supporting Student Voter Registration Remotely
The continuation of distance learning—and ongoing social distancing regulations in most states and localities—has added obstacles to holding student voter registration drives. But it’s not impossible.
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Supporting Student Action
Educators play a valuable role as adult allies to youth organizing for social justice.
May 23, 2023
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Toolkit for "Rock the Vote"
This toolkit for “Rock the Vote” lists 12 practical ways teachers and their students can rock the vote at school.