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November 7, 2019

DACA Is in the Supreme Court. How About Your Classroom?

A group of young children in a school library with their teacher looking at a globe.

On November 12, hearings begin for the Supreme Court cases that could decide the fate of DACA. It’s an opportunity for educators to start an important conversation.

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Immigration

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Dalina Castellanos

Dalina Castellanos is a reporter living in Los Angeles. She spent two years reporting on health and education on the Navajo Indian Reservation.

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Dani Bostick is an educator, advocate, and former mental health counselor. Her work on trauma, child sexual abuse and white supremacy has appeared in the Washington Post, The Week, Marie Claire, Parenting, and HuffPost, among others.

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Davey Shlasko

Davey Shlasko is the founder and director of Think Again Training & Consulting, a consulting group that supports purpose-driven organizations to address inequities through collaborative strategies for meaningful change. Davey’s work has supported schools, universities, health care and human service providers, advocacy organizations, and businesses to integrate principles and practices of social justice into their planning and everyday action. Davey has an M.Ed. in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and teaches as an adjunct associate professor in social

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Informational

Deaf Culture: Changes and Challenges

In his essay, Bacon provides some high-level insights into the past of America’s deaf, as well as the current culture and some potential challenges that lie ahead.

Paul Bacon

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6-8

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Ability Rights & Activism

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History

May 22, 2017

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Dealing with depression -- through faith and acupuncture

“Esperanza is an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Compton, California. She suffers from fears and anxieties caused by her four previous deportations and her high-stress role as her family’s caregiver. Esperanza doesn’t see depression as a health problem. When she shares her struggles with a local priest, she discovers a network of support that ranges from her compadres to a free clinic.”

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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3-5 6-8

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Class Immigration

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History

June 26, 2019

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May 13, 2016

Dear Colleagues, You Need to Ensure Transgender Students’ Rights

A new directive on transgender students, issued today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, applies to all public schools.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Issue 4, Spring 2023

Dear Young Person, You Are Valued

Activists Nikole Parker and Brandon Wolf from Equality Florida emphasize the need for each of us to advocate for safer schools where all young people are valued.

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January 25, 2012

Death Comes Early, Often to the Poor

Nearly 14 million children live in low-income or poor families in the United States. One of those was Devin. He had been in my English class during my first year teaching. His uniform was old and faded. He (like 95 percent of the school) was eligible for free or reduced lunch. He didn’t have much in the way of supplies. It was unclear if he really didn’t have the materials, or if he simply didn’t care.

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Class

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Declaration of Dependence

As a means to reduce and regulate child labor in the United States, the National Child Labor Committee composed a declaration, citing the current state of child labor and three resolutions to the situation.

National Child Labor Committee (A.J. McKelway)

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6-8 9-12

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Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

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Economics

December 30, 2015

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