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Teachers Benefit from Yearly Book Club
Educators at this school find that their book club helps build the teacher community and provides a vehicle for support when needed.
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Respect the 'Little Q' in Your Class
Students’ names are an important reflection of identity and culture, as educators, we must put in the time to honor those names and pronunciation.
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Just Say No to Identity-based Spirit Days
As sure as October brings pumpkins and pep rallies, TT Director Maureen Costello knows she’ll hear dis-spiriting news about a school’s offensive choice of spirit week theme. Yesterday was no exception.
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It’s Still Good to Talk About Race
Recently, I was in a public place with a friend when I saw a woman wearing a very creative, flamboyant outfit. Knowing that my friend would be interested, I discreetly whispered to her to look at the woman in the
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Against the Current
Alternative certification gives educators a different route to the classroom. Does it make them fish out of water once they get there?
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A Lawyer's Story From the Field
A Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer relates to a student who has been suspended repeatedly from a Florida school district where the Center is challenging the discriminatory treatment of African-American children.
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Discipline That Works
Earlier this month, hundreds of educators, parents and students gathered at the Educating Youth of Color Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo. That the state’s 4th Judicial District sponsored the event was no accident.
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Rethinking Parent-Teacher Conferences
Making the conference experience more supportive to families ultimately benefits students.
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The Criminalization of Elementary Students
One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.
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Literature
Lord, Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?
This poem features two speakers, a person and God. The person questions why God made him/her black and lists the negative associations with the color. God answers by showing all the beautiful ways humans are created.
July 7, 2014