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School Is No Place for Class(ism)
The language that educators use to address students can maintain and reinforce class structures and classist attitudes. The antidote? Anti-classist language.
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Ending Child Abuse At School
As a kid, I remember listening wide-eyed to my grandmother tell me about the “Dummy Room.” The Dummy Room was one of her first assignments as a young teacher in small-town Iowa in the 1930s. Like other Dummy Rooms across the country, it was the dumping ground for the school district’s hard cases.
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Reflecting on the 2016-17 School Year
What would you say to your beginning-of-the-school-year self? We asked our advisory board this very question.
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Identity Safe Classrooms and Schools
As an antidote to implicit bias and stereotype threat, educators can build identity-safe classrooms and schools.
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StoryCorps: Mother Enrolled Me in School
“Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school.”
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Freedom Schools for Today’s Justice Movement
To confront current education censorship and voter suppression, modern social justice projects build on the foundations of the historic 1964 Freedom Schools.
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New Opportunities for Back to School
A new year offers new opportunities to create the schools our students deserve: spaces where all identities are respected and where injustice is named and addressed. If you, like us, are starting the school year with a recommitment to equity, these resources can help you get started with a policy check-up.
- Controlling the Student Body
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students
- Serving ELL Students and Families
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Getting Ready to Go Back to School!
Back-to-school season is an exciting opportunity for a fresh start, but it can also be overwhelming. These articles offer time-tested suggestions for making your classroom and school places where all students can thrive.
- I Start the Year With Nothing
- Tell Us About Your Day: The Significance of a Closing Circle
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Resources for Back to School 2020
This school year will be unlike any other. These resources can help you as you discuss racism and police violence, support your students through coronavirus and routinely practice self-care. They can also help you show up for your students—and yourself—whether you’re working remotely or in person.
- Discussing Race, Racism and Police Violence
- Supporting Students Through Coronavirus
- The Value of Educator Self-Care
