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Flagler County: A Case for Suspension Abolition
A troubled Florida community becomes a pioneer in discipline reform.
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the moment
Educators Can Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline
As journalist and educator Anthony Conwright argues in the Fall 2022 issue of Learning for Justice magazine, “Trauma-informed and restorative justice practices are among the beginning models of an equity process to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. And while systemic change is essential, educators have an immediate responsibility to prioritize the mental health and well-being of students.”
- Decarceration Begins With School Discipline Reform
- Toolkit: The Foundations of Restorative Justice
- From Slavery to School Discipline
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Lasting Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The time had come. It was Dec. 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on the Montgomery public bus. This act led to Parks’ arrest, ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ushered in the new civil rights movement.
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The Price of Pilgrimage
For people who complain about a “war on Christmas,” here’s a reality check. If you’re Christian in the United States, you can generally practice your religion without constraint. Assuming you don’t force your faith on others, being devout is not likely to cost you your job.
publication
Explore the History of ‘Loving’
Learning for Justice produced this interdisciplinary teacher’s guide for The Loving Story, a documentary film about a couple’s fight to end the ban on interracial marriage.
June 24, 2022
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Promote Healing
A hateful act has rocked the school, and the crisis-response effort continues to move forward. It’s easy to get so focused on specific tasks—investigating the incident, handling the press conference, addressing the
August 27, 2012
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The Study of Racial Representation via Television Commercial Analysis
In my Latino/Latina literature class, my primary intent is to help my students see the inequities created in our society by pervasive racism and discrimination. This project asks that the students watch two hours of
August 30, 2012
teaching strategy
Close and Critical Reading
Annolighting
“Annolighting” (annotating and highlighting) shows students how to identify critical information in a text during close reading. Students learn to annotate text, highlight important facts and summarize what they have read to capture main ideas, concepts and details.
July 19, 2014
the moment
“Give Light and People Will Find the Way”—Ella Baker
We commemorate this Fourth of July in the shadow of assaults on our human rights and bodily autonomy from those who do not uphold the values of democracy. We recognize that these efforts to strip away our rights are a backlash to positive social justice movements. Let us commit together to the movement for justice and democracy.
- ‘Selma Online’: Young People Impact the Vote
- Future Voters Project
- A Supremely Historic Moment
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Reading Together: Books for Children
Here are some of our favorite book recommendations for children and families that affirm identities, celebrate diversity and highlight justice.
December 14, 2023