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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Countering the Narrative

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How to turn “I’m not good at this” into “I’m not good at this—yet!”

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

Class Outing

Many teachers still feel it’s safest to teach from the closet.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Natalie Sturdevant is a Teach For America alum and taught eighth grade reading in a small Texas town on the border of Mexico. As a librarian, at Crazy Horse School on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Wanblee, S.D., since 2012, she’s created and executed a media class using current events as a lens for students to reflect on and develop their identities. Natalie seeks to help students develop a critical consciousness of their community and our world by wrestling with topics such as race, oppression, and socioeconomics.

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Mimi's Moms

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Creating welcoming classrooms for young children of LGBT families.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 27, Spring 2005

A Dream We All Can Share

How parents can teach kids that all history counts.

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

I Start the Year With Nothing

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When students make the rules, classroom community soars.

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Esperanza Rising

After her father's death, Esperanza and her mother are left with few options and forced to flee to America. The immigration officers are only the first obstacle they must face. Beyond them, the Great Depression and an uncertain future awaits.

Pam Muñoz Ryan

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3-5 6-8

Topic

Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

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Geography

July 7, 2014

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Literature

10,000 Dresses

Every night Bailey dreams about dresses, but each day his mother, father, and brother remind him that he is a boy and dresses aren't for him. Finally, he finds a friend who embraces both his love for dresses and the individual he feels he is inside.

Marcus Ewert

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 2, 2014

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April 14, 2021

Use the Tools of Science to Recognize Inequity in Science

We know anti-racist STEM curriculum is critical, but it can be hard to find. These LFJ grantees have created a resource to help.

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Rights & Activism

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September 9, 2021

Another Challenging Back-to-School Season

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LFJ sends encouragement and support to parents and caregivers as we enter another school year with COVID-19.

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Rights & Activism

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