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LGBT Teachers Need Allies
When LGBT teachers have to live in fear of being outed, their capacity to service students in an authentic way is diminished.
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Start Planning Now: Hispanic Heritage Month
Cultural celebrations give students a chance to shine and benefit schools all year long.
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Building a Community of Upstanders
A Mix Model School coordinator explains why her school participates in Mix It Up at Lunch Day and how she extended it beyond one day with an in-depth social experiment.
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Building a Community of Upstanders: Planning
In the final installment of the three-part blog series, this Mix It Up coordinator shares how her school plans for the big event
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What We're Reading
For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.
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Hate in the Hallways
Recognizing the history of defamatory symbols can help schools see fewer of them.
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"Viva la Conexión"
Spanish teacher Tricia Kelly reflects on one of her favorite teaching days.
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A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
In this text, we learn about James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, who obtained his freedom only for a creditor to threaten him with enslavement. The text describes his experience working off his debt by privateering in the Caribbean while he expressed his dream to relocate to London, England.
December 15, 2017
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An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negroes, June 1774
With this text, the colony of Rhode Island outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans and established the immediate emancipation of enslaved people in the colony in 1774. However, the law stipulated some important exceptions that made this change particularly ineffective.
December 15, 2017
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The House That Jeff Built
This work is an extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern system of slavery. It consists of 12 vignettes with accompanying verse.
December 15, 2017