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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Wanted: Playground Buddy

A Buddy Bench can make recess more inclusive—and more fun!

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July 7, 2009

8 Tips for Educators

Britta Ostermeyer says meeting the emotional and social needs of displaced students will be a long-term effort for schools and communities.

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October 10, 2014

“What About My Friends?”

You may get pushback about Mix, but your team can prepare ahead of time.

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Toolkit for "Cracking the Code"

“Cracking the Code” looks at the representation of girls in computer science. This toolkit helps educators create an environment that welcomes all girls to participate in computer science and pursue careers in this field.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

Toolkit for “A Museum. A Memorial. A Message.”

This toolkit—adapted from our viewer’s guide for 'An Outrage: A Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South'—provides guidance for educators hoping to tackle this tough topic in the classroom.

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March 1, 2018

We Rest Our Case: American Slavery Is Widely Mistaught

Abolitionists William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Loyd Garrison, unidentified male and female slaves, and Black Union soldiers in front of American flag

After hearing from skeptics about our Teaching Hard History report findings, TT Director Maureen Costello came across striking new evidence that the project is necessary.

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Slavery

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November 15, 2018

Hate at School: October 2018

High school-aged student with red-colored hair looking downcast and pensive.

We’re more than a year into tracking hate at school, and things aren’t getting better.

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Bullying & Bias

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September 6, 2022

Black Visibility Matters: The Inconvenient Truths of Bias and Erasure

A smiling young black child stands in front of board filled with scientific formulas.

Racial stereotypes and myths persist only with our continuous active consent—in the stories we teach and tell, and those we don’t. And the price we pay for this is monumental.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Walking Undocumented

Wildin Acosta will walk across the graduation stage in June—but he almost didn't make it. Read about his incredible journey and the team of student journalists and teachers who helped make it happen.

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Immigration

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Skye Tooley

Skye Tooley (they/them) is a trans/nonbinary, anti-bias and social justice educator in Los Angeles, California. For the last seven years, Skye has worked to recreate elementary curriculum with a social justice focus and have worked to actively engage their learners in lessons around identity, diversity, equity, action and justice. Over the past two years, they have been involved in union work in their Los Angeles community including the 2018 Los Angeles teacher strike. They have given presentations on LGBTQ+ focused topics to educators across the United States including NCTE 2019. They are a

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