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'Homo High'
Some people argue “gay-friendly” schools offer needless segregation. Others say they’re the only chance some kids have to make it.
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Advocating to Local and State Boards of Education
Classroom teachers and administrators report that their ability to teach honest history is greatly influenced by local and state boards of education.
November 21, 2023
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Understanding Size Bias
A Conversation with Rebecca Puhl—this piece is a resource for the Teaching Tolerance article Weighing In
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Who's In Your Classroom?
PD Café offers professional development activities to complete alone or with colleagues.
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Teaching as Activism, Teaching as Care
I have begun to feel helpless during this time. But I never felt helpless as a teacher.
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Teens Explore Past, ‘Privilege’ and Path to Overcoming Discrimination
Operation Understanding DC explores common ground by bringing African-American and Jewish students together for a year of cross-cultural exploration.
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What’s Next For Girls Who Want To Be Astronauts?
As the final Space Shuttle mission touched down last month, ending NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program, I wondered what would come next for women in aerospace. Without a clear, defined mission from NASA, I questioned where that leaves girls and young women who dream of becoming astronauts.
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White House Data Paints New Portrait of Modern American Women
This 2011 news segment reports on recent data on the state of economic equality for women. Despite the rise in higher education for women, men continue to out earn women.
July 3, 2014
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Critical Engagement With Materials
Critical engagement emphasizes the value of students’ learning, increasing the likelihood that they will use the knowledge and skills they build in the service of their academic, personal, social and political lives.
May 23, 2023