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Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough
Teaching kindness is a staple of elementary practice, but that isn’t the same as teaching justice.
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Equal Partners
Austin teenagers learn to expect respect in dating relationships.
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Personal Connections Empower Students
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?”
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Inspiration Knows No Gender
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.
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Combating Course Content Segregation
An LGBT student’s gratitude reminded this instructor to include diverse voices in her teaching all year.
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Mama Played Baseball
With her husband away fighting in World War II, Amy's mother gets a job playing baseball in the first professional women's league.
July 7, 2014
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Word Wall
A word wall is an organized display of vocabulary words drawn from central texts students are reading.
July 19, 2014
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Our book reviews can help you keep your practice fresh and informed.
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The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities
This lesson is the first lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine the local, state and federal policies that supported racially discriminatory practices and cultivated racially segregated housing.
October 9, 2019