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17 Good Things That Actually Happened In '17
In a year when hate thrived, we thought it was important to remember some of the good things that happened in 2017.
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Self-Awareness and Cultural Competency
Cultural competency—the ability to work effectively and sensitively across cultural contexts—involves learning, communicating and connecting respectfully with others regardless of differences.
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Home-to-School Connections
Educators who connect their teaching to students’ cultures, languages and heritage create classroom environments that value critical home-school relationships, affirm student identities and challenge stereotypes.
May 26, 2023
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Toolkit for National Treasures
This toolkit will equip you with strategies to engage students in primary source analysis. By learning the right questions to ask, students will come to a more nuanced understanding of history.
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Civil Rights Is All About Fairness
Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.
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Reminiscences
In reflecting on both a pivotal moment in her life during the Civil War and the longer-term effects of such an event, Mrs. Albright excludes her family from the violent system of slavery while adhering to stereotypically Southern values. The necessity of interracial intimacy is noticeable in Mrs. Albright’s descriptions.
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Become an “Ecolutionary”
Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.
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Shared Inquiry and Critical Conversations
Inclusive classrooms must function as learning communities built on shared inquiry and critical conversations.
May 26, 2023
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You Spoke, We Listened
Readers talk yoga, invisible disabilities and Title IX.
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Celebrate Native American Heritage
Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Native cultures and communities.
November 1, 2023