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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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August 7, 2017

Engaging Students in Social Justice With ‘Zines

Teens work together on a science problem.

As a graduate student, this teacher tapped into her middle schoolers’ energy and creativity while having them think deeply about community needs.

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Rights & Activism

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September 29, 2017

First, Denounce the Act

School leaders can learn a lot from Lt. General Jay Silveria’s response to a horrible incident at the Air Force Academy Prep School.

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Rights & Activism

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Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. The aim of Rick’s fellowship project is to reduce the discrimination that LGBT youth living in Tennessee and Alabama experience in the education, child welfare and juvenile justice systems. His fellowship is sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation. Rick graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2015 where he received a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rick was also awarded the Dean Jefferson B. Fordham Human Rights Award and the Blank Rome Alvin Ackerman

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March 20, 2017

Trolls Under the Online Bridge: What Students Need to Know

During a period of ramped-up online trolling, educators can help their students understand what trolling really is, its impact and how to protect their identities on the internet.

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Bullying & Bias

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August 22, 2016

Foreign Language Study Can Benefit Students With Autism

Parlez-vous français? This educator reflects on what students on the autism spectrum, including her own daughter, can gain from foreign language study.

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Ability

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February 28, 2014