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Name Changers
The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?
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The Day I Swam Into a New World
Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?
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The Educator in the Mirror
Being an effective ally for all students means honestly examining your practice as an educator.
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A Lawyer's Story From the Field
A Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer relates to a student who has been suspended repeatedly from a Florida school district where the Center is challenging the discriminatory treatment of African-American children.
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Reconsider Columbus Day
Teachers have the power to change the practice of celebrating Columbus to a practice of celebrating indigenous peoples’ presence, endurance and accomplishments. This blogger suggests how to do just that.
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Texas, Textbooks and Truth
A McGraw-Hill textbook is under fire for its characterization of enslaved people as “workers”—the latest example of our national unwillingness to face white supremacist history.
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Just Say No to Identity-based Spirit Days
As sure as October brings pumpkins and pep rallies, TT Director Maureen Costello knows she’ll hear dis-spiriting news about a school’s offensive choice of spirit week theme. Yesterday was no exception.
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Historical Fiction as a Teaching Tool
This afterschool educator discusses how historical fiction is an effective tool to teach youth about underrepresented people and identities in classrooms and in U.S. history textbooks.
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How State Standards Represent Indigenous Peoples
In this Q&A blog, education researcher Kate Shuster asks Sarah Shear of Penn State University-Altoona about how indigenous history is taught in U.S. classrooms and why many states’ standards need to be revamped.