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What We’re Reading This Week: October 21
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Section III: Instruction
Integrating Queer Voices into the Curriculum It may seem like a minor adjustment for a teacher to mention a queer figure in history or analyze a queer character in a work of literature. But affirming an LGBTQ student’s
October 29, 2018
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Denial Fails as an Effective Anti-Bullying Program
The suicides of boys tormented by anti-gay harassment grabbed the public’s attention this fall. Those suicides are the tip of the iceberg. For every tragic and unnecessary case that makes it to the news, there are others we don’t hear about. These are the ones that families are too ashamed to disclose. Then there are scores of suicide attempts that leave parents desperately trying to convince schools to do the right thing.
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Making Sense of the Senseless: The Murder of Lawrence King
On Feb. 12, 2008, 15-year-old Lawrence King was shot twice in the head in front of other students, in Oxnard, Calif. What this anti-gay hate crime teaches us.
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A PFOX in Sheep’s Clothing
Can you imagine buying groceries if boxes of sugar were labeled "peanut butter" and ice cream cartons read "chicken noodle soup"? You may laugh, but our daily lives are often adventures in just such misinformation.
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Valentine Road Spotlights TT Issues
HBO premieres a new documentary about the murder of a transgender youth and the community that survived him.
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Support Targeted Students
It is vital to support specific victims of a bias incident or hate crime at school, as well as show support for the targeted community. To create this support, you must provide for physical safety, denounce the act in
August 27, 2012
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Religion versus Equality?
The tension between religious refusal laws and LGBTQ rights poses a classic social studies dilemma.
