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April 14, 2010

Pop Quiz on School Segregation

Take this quiz to see if you're up on one of the biggest trends in U.S. education--the resegregation of public schools.

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Rights & Activism

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July 9, 2015

Planting Truthful Seeds About Native Americans

By not including contemporary Native peoples into any discussion of Native experiences, we are doing these populations and our students a huge disservice.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 47, Summer 2014

An Educator’s Guide to the Immigration Debate

What you need to know to facilitate classroom conversation about this controversial topic.

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Immigration

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Gay Marriage

"Wrong Side of History" photo shoot shows people throughout history who voted against freeing slaves, women voting and interracial marriage. The photographer says, "Next," and there is an empty seat for someone with a speech bubble that says, "I voted against marriage equality."

This cartoon shows a legislator who voted against marriage equality as part of a series of legislators photographed for a “wrong-side-of-history photo shoot.”

Steve Sack

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6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

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November 3, 2014

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Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Starting as a teacher at P.S. 25 in the Bronx (the first fully bilingual school in the Northeast) Nieto has taught students at all levels from elementary grades through graduate school, and she continues to speak and write on multicultural education, teacher preparation, and the education of Latinos and other culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Her book Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, is widely used in

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Reflecting on Personal Stories

Students learn about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from people who lived through it. This video depicts how students use metaphorical thinking to deepen their understanding using the thinking routine, Color-Symbol-Image.

Densho.org

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3-5

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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History

February 22, 2019

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Literature

Crocodile and Ghost Bat Have a Hullabaloo: An Australian Tale of Name-Calling

Although carefully planned at twilight so all animals can attend, things go terribly wrong during this walkabout. The group creates such a terrible hullabaloo that Namarrkun, the lightning man, is forced to show his strength.

Jeff Sapp

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K-2 3-5

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Bullying & Bias

July 2, 2014

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February 27, 2023

Conversations About Gun Violence, Disinformation and Extremism

A group of teens sits in a circle having a conversation.

To support young people as they grapple with harms motivated by extremism, PERIL director of research, Pasha Dashtgard, Ph.D., argues that it’s incumbent upon the whole community to address hate-fueled violence.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Antonio's Card/La tarjeta de Antonio

In this story, Antonio learns that words have power, and that can be both a good and bad thing. As Mother’s Day approaches he must decide how to show his love for his mother and her partner and whether he wants that declaration to be public.

Rigoberto González and Cecilia Concepción Álvarez

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K-2

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 29, 2016

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Freedom To Read, Freedom To Learn

These resources can help you learn, teach and advocate for education justice and a more inclusive, multiracial democracy that rejects book bans and resists hate.

April 28, 2023

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