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Teaching kindness is a staple of elementary practice, but that isn’t the same as teaching justice.

Austin teenagers learn to expect respect in dating relationships.

I just started my sixth year teaching high school English. This year began with the same question as always: “How will I empower the young women in my classroom this year?”

When the Dallas Texas Public Schools District decided to show its fifth-graders Red Tails, an action-adventure film based on the Tuskegee pilots who formed the country’s first black aerial combat unit, it was a tremendous idea. The district felt students would be inspired by the story of these men who fought segregation, integrated the Army and were trained as combat pilots for the United States during WWII.

An LGBT student’s gratitude reminded this instructor to include diverse voices in her teaching all year.

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