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Going the Extra Mile for MLK Day
This fourth-grade teacher, a TT Award winner, offers some classroom suggestions to make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day an opportunity for deep, personal engagement—not a day off.
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Proposed Bill: An Ethnic Studies Ban "on Steroids"
Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.
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A Very Special Delivery
'Henry Brown left Richmond, Va. a slave and arrived in Philadelphia—in a freight box—a free man. Abolitionists who cheered Brown's 27-hour journey to freedom chose not to publicize it, fearing that others following in his path would be in danger.
July 5, 2014
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Kevin Connolly Will See You Now
Journalist Christopher Solomon writes of his interview with Kevin Connolly, a writer, photographer and medal-winning skiier, who was born without legs.
December 31, 2015
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Gloria and Rosa Make Beautiful Music
Two friends who attend different schools in the same community learn that one of their schools has no instruments for their music program, while the other has multiple different kinds. They use their friendship and musical abilities to confront this inequity and try to bring about change.
May 19, 2017
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Against the Current
Native American activists use civil disobedience and consensus-building to resolve an old dispute over natural resources.
August 7, 2017
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"We Don't Use That Language Anymore"
A leadership program helps Maine students confront the culture of verbal abuse.
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Toolkit for "What Is White Privilege, Really?"
This toolkit offers advice, activities and further reading suggestions for educators who want to unpack the concept of whiteness and white privilege with themselves and with students.
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Teach This: Native American Appropriation at the Super Bowl
This weekend’s Super Bowl offers an opportunity to talk with students about appropriation and identity.
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Learning Virtually Redefined
When the pandemic halted in-person professional learning, facilitators and trainers began imagining a new world.
