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Madam Vice President Is a Woman of Color
The election of a biracial, Black, South Asian daughter of immigrant parents to the vice presidency is a historic moment for all of us—especially girls and women of color.
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How Many Studies Does It Take?
Every time a new study is released showing black students are suspended at far higher rates than any of their peers, the public seems shocked. Words like “race” and “school to prison pipeline” and “discrimination” find their way into headlines—and then the issue fades away yet again.
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FREEDOM TO LEARN NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION—MAY 3, 2023
“Because we know that attacks on knowledge are fueling threats to freedom, and that repression in one place fuels its spread elsewhere, we call for global resistance to all efforts to destroy the vital tools that help us to imagine and create more equitable and inclusive futures for us all.” —African American Policy Forum
- Freedom To Read, Freedom To Learn
- Debbie Reese on Book Bans and Native Representation
- ‘Never Again’ Starts With Education
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Going Beyond the Textbook
Teachers are using the textbook—and going beyond it—to change history education from the ground up.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn explains that "Education is not merely a way of upward mobility for the individual, it is a way of collective movement."
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Music Reconstructed: Jason Moran, Jazz and the Harlem Hellfighters
Installment 1 This is a special four-part series where historian Charles L. Hughes introduces us to musicians who are exploring the sounds, songs and stories of the Jim Crow era. In this installment, jazz pianist Jason
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Crucial Conversations
Study circles help students talk constructively about race.
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Pay BIPOC Educators for Their DEI Labor
Volunteer-based DEI teams often recreate the inequities they are designed to address. Here is how to do better.
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How Can We Build Anti-Racist White Educators?
One teacher reflects on what he and other white educators need to understand as they work to build anti-racist practices and identities.