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As I head back to the classroom, I think about the last school year. In the second-to-last week of school, my fifth-grade classroom was 90 degrees, with no air conditioning. My students were sitting together, helping each other, laughing, struggling and having fun. At the beginning of the year, they were unsure of each other. They smiled politely but kept to themselves or the friends they knew and never asked for help. So what had changed?

If we want our students to feel safe and accepting of their own mental health issues, can we model that by being open ourselves?

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Anti-hate and anti-bullying policies aren’t enough in the fight against Islamophobia.

Teach and learn about the Reconstruction era with resources—including videos, texts, lessons and a unit plan—from Facing History and Ourselves.

Looking back and looking ahead at the struggle to end segregated education.

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