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July 22, 2011

Time for Justice in Anoka-Hennepin

The Anoka-Hennepin school district, Minnesota’s largest, has been in the national spotlight since last year. That’s when several students who were gay or perceived to be gay committed suicide. According to friends and family, the students had one thing in common: They had been bullied at school.

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Bullying & Bias Gender & Sexual Identity

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November 18, 2016

What We’re Reading This Week: November 18

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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The Alcatraz Proclamation: Background Sheet

This piece is to accompany The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity

February 23, 2012

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Teens Explore Past, ‘Privilege’ and Path to Overcoming Discrimination

Operation Understanding teens sit in the classroom exploring the past

Operation Understanding DC explores common ground by bringing African-American and Jewish students together for a year of cross-cultural exploration.

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Issue 55, Spring 2017

Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff

Immigrant and Refugee Children illustration B Bragg

Now, more than ever, these vulnerable students need advocates in schools.

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Immigration

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April 29, 2011

Freedom’s Main Line

To accompany Freedom's Main Line

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Issue 31, Spring 2007

'Gates of Change'

Students walking in front of the Little Rock Central High School

In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.

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Deslin Chapman

Deslin Chapman (she/her) is the deputy director of curriculum and content for Learning for Justice. An author, editor, educator and democracy advocate, Deslin has extensive leadership experience in nonprofit program management, education and publishing. She is a graduate of Queens College (City University of New York), with Bachelor of Arts degrees in anthropology and English, and holds a Master of Arts in education from the University of Mississippi. Throughout her professional career, Deslin has infused her work with a deep commitment to human rights.

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Issue 26, Fall 2004

The Lesson I've Learned, the Lesson I Teach

This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." By Kiki Leyba April 20, 1999: Reacting Fourth hour. I'm hustling to Frank's office. The principal is going to offer me — a first-year teacher — a

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Rights & Activism

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The Silencing of Mary Dyer

In this chapter, Carnes details oppression experienced by the early New England colonists. In particular, he chronicles Mary Dyer’s path from a once uncomfortably conforming Puritan to an outspoken Quaker unshaken by threats, banishment and even death.

Jim Carnes

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9-12

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Religion Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

January 23, 2017

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