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Centering Black Girls in School Safety

School hardening policies—such as the presence of police and security, metal detectors, and harsh discipline codes—contribute to a criminalization culture in schools and students being pushed out of classrooms and into the school-to-prison pipeline. For Black girls, this criminalization culture causes serious additional harms.

Keep Her Safe: Centering Black Girls in School Safety
What Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and How Do We Dismantle It?
You Are Welcome Here

May 6, 2024

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

A Standard to Sustain

Vermont students claim their legacy of participatory democracy.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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February 27, 2018

Reframing Gender Helps Kids See Beyond Other Binaries

Teaching gender as a spectrum has far-reaching consequences: Beyond helping students form a more complex understanding of gender identity, it helps them—and educators—see more nuance across a wide range of subjects.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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May 22, 2018

Teachers, Facebook and Civic Engagement

person's hands scrolling through smartphone screen

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, many people—educators chief among them—joined activist Facebook groups. Researchers at the University of Florida studied how these groups influenced educators’ civic engagement. Here’s what they learned.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Toolkit for "Bearing Witness to the Hard History of Guilford"

In this activity, students will read about local history projects designed to foster connections between the town they live in and the enslaved people whose labor built it. Then, they will use primary sources to research the hidden history of their community.

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

Weighing In - Healthy at Any Size?

Illustration of a body composed of other body shapes

As the number of obese and overweight children grows, so does size bias.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Marilyn Vargo

Marilyn is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, MI with a Master's Degree in Social Work. She has been working as a School Social Worker for an elementary school in Taylor, MI for the past 12 years.

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Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

This text explores the relationship between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two self-made men whose lives intersected near the end of America's Civil War.

Russell Freedman

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

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Class

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History

July 10, 2017

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Issue 22, Fall 2002

A Fragile Peace

Two New Mexico classrooms learn the fine art of living with Tourette Syndrome.

Topic

Ability

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?

Illustration of young students of various sexual orientations and gender identities

Knowing the difference can make all the difference to students who do not conform to binary norms.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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