Jeff Sapp

Jeff Sapp is a professor of education at California State University Dominguez Hills and a frequent contributor to Teaching Tolerance.


Pages authored by Jeff Sapp

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Gay Children’s Books I teach classes on children’s literature at a university in California. I always say that, although I’ve been teaching now for 30 years, what I...
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How School Taught Me I Was Poor "You're poor, white trash," Danny hissed as he sashayed by me on the dusty, pebble-filled playground at first recess. I started to cry, and I...
Cooperative Learning Robert Williams, principal of Lincoln Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif., has rock-star appeal as he walks across campus. He knows most every...
Rigor + Support = Success According to the Children's Defense Fund, 17.6 percent of this nation's children live in poverty -- about one of every six children. The numbers are...
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Story Corner Now what I'm about to tell you is true.   Once upon a time in the deep Appalachian woods was a little old wildcat who thought he was the best...
Story Corner Once upon a time there was a very clever boy. Nearby was a village he decided to visit. Just outside that village he came upon a crowd of people...
Learning from the 'Love Mail' Whenever we get hate mail, which is often, it gets sent around to everyone in our department. Whoever gets it forwards it to the others, and in the...