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What Administrators Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History

Administrators can support educators in advocating for teaching more comprehensive and accurate histories using the following tools.

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November 21, 2023

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

Fighting for Inclusive Schools

Activist Carol Lerner advocates for children’s rights in Florida to reclaim the public education narrative from groups with discriminatory agendas.

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Prison Writings

When Leonard Peltier thinks of the massacre at Wounded Knee, he hears the screams of women and children. Although the vehicle for killing has changed, Peltier explains how American Indians are still being killed off in the modern day.

Leonard Peltier

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9-12

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Race & Ethnicity Religion Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

Geography

July 2, 2014

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February 21, 2019

Hate at School: January 2019

We’re halfway through the school year, and there is no indication that hate incidents at school are slowing down.

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Race & Ethnicity Ability Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

21 Seconds to Teach Humanity

Student crouched in his chair scared of adult figure on the chalkboard

Her lessons met the standards, but her students were pummeling each other in the restroom between classes. How one teacher found a way to reach the benchmarks that really matter.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 13, Spring 1998

Around the Freedom Table

Black and Jewish youths share a heritage of liberation.

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Race & Ethnicity Religion

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Issue 20, Fall 2001

Popcorn From the Sky

The story of people whose lives are forever changed by a test bomb gets lost in seas of misunderstanding, political posturing and classified paperwork.

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Rights & Activism

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Appendix B

LGBTQ Historical Figures The erasure of LGBTQ figures from our history books and classrooms does a disservice to students on three fronts: 1) It introduces bias into our studies, providing an incomplete and unfair

November 7, 2018

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Spotlighting—and Quantifying—the Problem

No one knows the extent of the problem nationally. In 2018, the SPLC’s Learning for Justice project, then Teaching Tolerance, collected hundreds of news reports detailing hate in schools directed toward individuals or

April 23, 2019

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The Great Immigration Debate

Patricia Smith explores the nation's divide over how to deal with illegal immigration. She outlines the role of immigration in our history, notes the "wariness" felt over immigration ever since, and questions when and how Congress might act on the issue.

Patricia Smith

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9-12

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

July 5, 2014

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