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Excerpt: The Social Neuroscience of Education
Social emotional learning isn’t just a hunch. It’s science.
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Engaging Students in Social Justice With ‘Zines
As a graduate student, this teacher tapped into her middle schoolers’ energy and creativity while having them think deeply about community needs.
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Bring Social Justice Poetry to Your Classroom
Poet Adrienne Rich once asked: How can we connect the process of learning to write well with [a] student’s own reality, and not simply teach her/him how to write acceptable lies in standard English? The question appeared in her 1979 essay, “Taking Women Students Seriously.” Last week, Adrienne Rich passed away, leaving today’s educators to ponder alone a question that remains as pertinent as ever.
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Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice
Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice is a series of 14 lessons. Each lesson focuses on a contemporary social justice issue. These lessons are multidisciplinary and geared toward middle and high school students.
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Using Song Lyrics to Explore Social Commentary
Many kids listen to music as often as they possibly can. Educators can tap into students’ interests in music by teaching them to critically read the lyrics they are listening to—and promote social justice through that examination.
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Your Students Love Social Media ... and So Can You
Want to engage students? Meet them on society’s newest public square.
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MIX IT UP: Students Bridge Social Boundaries
Last November more than 3,000 schools accepted the challenge to sit somewhere new.
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Text-dependent Questions for “Jim Crow as a Form of Racialized Social Control”
Text-dependent Questions accompany “Jim Crow as a Form of Racialized Social Control.”
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Supporting Student Action for Social Justice
Recent headlines point to all kinds of student action, from tackling climate change to advocating for more equitable schools. But those of us who work with students know they're doing what young people have always done: leading the way toward necessary change. In this edition of The Moment, we offer resources to help you support your students when they stand up against injustice, fight for equity and take the lead in shaping a better future for all of us.
- Existence Is Resistance: Supporting Student-led Social Change
- Dear Future Leader
- Latinx Leaders Tomorrow
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Lead Your Own Training: The Social Justice Standards
Do you find the Social Justice Standards valuable? Use our new Professional Development Facilitator Guide to train others!