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Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough
Teaching kindness is a staple of elementary practice, but that isn’t the same as teaching justice.
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Teach This: Regulating Protest at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Analyze news of the recent announcement banning athlete protest at the Olympics to discuss protest and the power of individual voice with students.
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Responding to Hate and Bias in the West
A Las Vegas school made headlines when hate shook its campus. Now a group of parents is fighting to ensure children learn in a safer and more equitable environment.
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Rural Schools and Hard History
The rich history and diversity of rural communities have largely been erased. Appreciating both charts a promising path forward.
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Spotlight on Whose Renaissance?
TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. Grants Manager Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Chris Dolgos about his project investigating the equity of urban renewal.
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Supporting Children of Immigrant Families
Millions of young people in the United States are children of immigrant families. And many immigrant children are feeling high levels of fear and anxiety right now due to the current anti-immigrant political environment. All students in the U.S. have a right to public education, “regardless of a child’s or guardian’s citizenship, immigration status, or English language proficiency. These rights were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark 1982 decision in Plyler v.
- Supporting Students from Immigrant Families
- Understanding and Responding to Trauma
- Resisting Hate in Education
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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
South Carolina’s Declaration provides its justification for seceding from the union, revolving around maintaining the institution of slavery, which it believes is threatened by free states.
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Walking with the Wind
In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.
August 9, 2017
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From Mourning to Action
After this weekend’s shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we ask: How do educators keep tragedy and terror from overwhelming them as they fight for justice?
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Our Humanity Is Bound Together: Discussing the Holocaust
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. We honor the memory of the 6 million Jews and the millions of Roma, Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQ+ individuals, political dissidents and others who were murdered in the Holocaust. And we encourage learning from the survivors as we reflect on the significance of this history.
- Acclaimed Documentary ‘One Survivor Remembers’ Urges All to Never Forget
- One Survivor Remembers
- ‘Hope, Despair and Memory’