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Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
Now, more than ever, these vulnerable students need advocates in schools.
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Anything We Love Can Be Saved (Introduction)
In this introduction, Alice Walker touches on ideas of activism, the strength of the individual, enlightenment, fear of being inferior and the conviction needed to embrace one's life.
July 7, 2014
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Section I: Policy Checkup
Policies reflect a school’s priorities and, like budgets, reveal as much in what they omit as in what’s written on the page. It’s time more LGBTQ kids see themselves on the page. School leaders who make inclusive
October 25, 2018
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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.
January 6, 2018
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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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Lessons From Home
Education reformer Lisa Delpit encourages teachers to discover who their students are outside the classroom.
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The Dynamic
“I discovered that the more I speak up, the more I hear [my students] speaking up, too.”
July 30, 2012
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Street Justice
The distrust between the Jewish community and African-American community in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1990s reached an all-time high when a runaway car struck two children.
May 22, 2017
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Talking to Children About the History of Slavery in the United States: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
These recommendations for discussing the history and legacy of slavery and race with children also provide age-appropriate information to emphasize in conversations.