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Michele Israel

Michele Israel owns Educational Writing & Consulting (www.micheleisrael.com), where she works with large and small educational, non-profit and media organizations to bolster products and programs. Her rich career spans over 25 years of successfully developing educational materials and resources, designing and facilitating training, generating communication materials and grant proposals, and assisting in organizational and program development. In addition to lesson plans and other teacher resources, Michele’s portfolio includes published articles, instructional guides, and a booklet entitled

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Curriculum and Instruction

The topics and strategies in this section provide tools to help educators build students’ understanding of justice and develop skills to take action and participate in a diverse democracy.

May 23, 2023

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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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October 3, 2022

Gender-Affirming Care: What It Is and Why It's Necessary

Two students sharing a tablet screen, one pointing to something on the screen.

The willingness to learn, the active step of acknowledging and affirming LGBTQ+ students, and empathy in recognizing the difficulties for the young person help create safer spaces for trans and nonbinary children.

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Issue 38, Fall 2010

Using TDSi in Rural Schools

Illustration of a mouth blowing on a dandelion

Rural educators face just as many challenges as urban colleagues when it comes to helping children of color. But there are tools to help them.

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March 22, 2017

Starving Schools to Feed Privatization

President Trump’s budget proposal uses the pretense of civil rights to further his school choice agenda—at the expense of research-based public school programming.

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Rights & Activism

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Investigate

As an administrator, it is your responsibility to remain calm, firm and deliberate as you gather the facts surrounding a potential bias-based incident.

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Bullying & Bias

August 27, 2012

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

You Spoke, We Listened

Readers talk coming out, teen dating violence and our Children’s March film.

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April 9, 2012

Teacher Fired over Trayvon Martin Fundraiser

What do you do with a teacher who provides students with authentic learning opportunities? A teacher who invests her own resources to support students? A teacher who was voted Teacher of the Year two of the last three years? If you’re Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell at the Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School in Pontiac, Mich., you fire her.

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Rights & Activism

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September 5, 2013

Selling Kids Short

Divisive fundraisers make schools unsafe for kids from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

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Class Bullying & Bias

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