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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Toolkit for "Rewriting History—for the Better"

American Indians are largely absent from mainstream social studies curricula. This toolkit for "Rewriting History—for the Better" showcases some of the best online sources for teaching about American Indians with an eye for inclusivity and accuracy.

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May 9, 2022

The End-of-Year Mental Health Check

Two young people wearing bracelets are holding hands against a wooden blue background.

As the academic year winds down, mental health professionals remind us to connect with young people and embrace community care.

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February 26, 2018

Discussing "The Mental Health Issue" After Parkland

Male African-American Teacher Instructing Students | Teaching Tolerance

When talking with students about mass shootings, you can't avoid addressing mental health. This TT staffer offers recommendations for ways you can talk about mental health with your students—without adding to the stigma already in place.

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Ability Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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March 8, 2013

Students Activists Need Our Support

A pair of news stories this week reported that students were being silenced and punished when they attempted to speak up for others. This is disappointing.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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April 22, 2020

Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities During School Closures

Experts from the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence offer recommendations for supporting students with learning disabilities through the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ability

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February 28, 2018

Helping Others Gives New Meaning to Learning

When this special education teacher found a way for her students to leave their self-contained classroom to help their peers, they gained new perspectives and became more compassionate with others and themselves.

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Ability

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In Public

For some people, speaking up in public feels more difficult than any other setting. For others, speaking up in public — to strangers who have no power or ties to one's home or work life — feels easier.

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Bullying & Bias

July 21, 2009

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Democratic Classrooms

Educators possess different philosophies and styles for their teaching. Some work from an authoritarian perspective, leveraging their power as the teacher to control student behavior and dictate classroom participation. Others employ a more democratic approach, sharing power with students and supporting them in managing their own behaviors.

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Classroom Culture

July 6, 2009

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Issue 38, Fall 2010

Cyberbullying

Illustration of a bully plugged into a computer with victims entangled by its chords

The stakes have never been higher for students—or schools.

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Bullying & Bias

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Appendix C: Planning for District-wide Language Access Services

Identify Your District’s “Major” and “Lower Incidence” Languages Use your student information system to create a code for ELL students and families, indicating both ELL status and language spoken. Use a home language

July 6, 2017

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