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Nurturing Optimal Classroom Community for Culturally Responsive Conflict Resolution

Materials Copy of Questions for Reflective Practice for each participant Framework At its best, facilitative mediation creates positive multicultural spirit and climate, emphasizes careful, respectful listening, and

Professional Development Topic

Classroom Culture

July 26, 2017

article

August 30, 2018

Voting and Democracy Grants Roundup: Elementary and Middle School

TT Voting and Democracy Grants fund projects that encourage students to become empowered advocates for voting in their communities. Here are a few of our favorites.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

September 19, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh Controversy Has Inspired a Dangerous Defense

Calls for due process are understandable. But dismissing allegations of sexual assault as typical teenage behavior sends a dangerous message to all young people.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

lesson

The Truth About Voting

In this lesson, students will learn some common myths about voting today, think through who these myths might benefit, learn why these myths are incorrect and consider how people might ensure every eligible citizen has a chance to vote. In an extension activity, students learn how to register to vote.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

Subject

Social Studies

Civics

History

October 8, 2020

article

Issue 6, Fall 2024

The Torch Is in Your Hands: A Conversation With Helen Sims

Photograph of Helen Sims by Sydney A. Foster

Helen Sims, aka the Old Storyteller of Belzoni, Mississippi, encourages us to accept the torch that is being passed to us.

article

Issue 57, Fall 2017

Toolkit for "Washed Away"

Discover more stories about childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder.

article

August 16, 2017

Why I Will Not Be Teaching About Charlottesville

After Charlottesville, this black teacher of black and brown students knew that her kids would not want another lesson about bigotry and racism. Here’s what she did instead.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

September 25, 2018

Spotlight on Latinx Leaders Tomorrow

TT Educator Grants support social justice work in the classroom, as well as at the school and district levels. Latinx middle schoolers in California interviewed community leaders who reflected about the challenging and rewarding path to a thriving adulthood.

Topic

Rights & Activism

article

Issue 63, Fall 2019

Reimagining Texts

Teacher librarian Julia Torres helps students and educators alike reimagine the role of books.

author

Marvin Reed

Marvin Reed resides in the Bay Area and teaches third grade at Rosa Parks Elementary School in the Berkeley Unified School District. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a master’s degree in higher education and leadership policies, a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and currently is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Sacramento. He was recognized in 2021 as the Computer-Using Educators (CUE) Emerging Teacher of the Year. He has served as a judge and as a leadership clinician with many prestigious marching band programs around the state

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