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Examining Identity and Assimilation
Examine identity and assimilation with an activity that asks the essential question: Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide?
July 6, 2009
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Uplifting Accurate and Inclusive Education
In the latest issue of Learning for Justice magazine, a Black Alabama teenager recounts the damage an education that is neither accurate nor inclusive has caused in her life.
- It Has Stayed With Me
- Black Minds Matter
- Ask, Investigate and Advocate
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Walking in Their Shoes: Using #BlackLivesMatter to Teach the Civil Rights Movement
Episode 16, Season 3 The civil rights movement offers critical context for understanding the systemic police violence, voter suppression efforts, ‘law and order’ rhetoric and criminalization of activism we see today. It
April 13, 2021
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these LFJ-approved films!
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Why “Both Sides” of a Story Aren’t Enough
Students are capable of processing complex narratives; we just need to give them the tools.
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Only Young Once: The Systemic Harm of Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline and Youth Legal System
[2024] This report explores the scope and impact of youth incarceration and ways Florida can reform and disrupt these systems.
October 4, 2024
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Favorite Holiday Poster Projects Aren’t Inclusive
An educator and mother recommends strategies for supporting all students’ religions and cultures, during the winter holidays and year-round.
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DACA Decision Puts DREAMers Back in Limbo
Today, the White House and Justice Department potentially closed a door on some of the United States’ most vital and courageous individuals. As educators, this is not an issue we can ignore.
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We Were Ready
Years of equity work sheltered Charlottesville's students when hate came to their town.
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‘Never Again’ Starts With Education
Mandating Holocaust education in U.S. public schools and simultaneously banning or censoring other “hard histories” is ineffective, disingenuous and further demonstrates the importance of teaching honest history.