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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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Summer Self Care
Let’s use some time this summer to rejuvenate and reflect on our classroom practice!
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Building Diversity into the Common Core
I’m a Teaching Tolerance Fellow, and I’m working to develop classroom resources that balance the requirements of the Common Core State Standards with culturally responsive instruction. I’m hoping to draw upon our readers’ expertise to meet this challenge. What readings or texts do you recommend that answer the call of the Common Core and culturally responsive pedagogy?
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Media Literacy Is Crucial for Making Informed Decisions
Media stories about the state of public education abound. So how do we make decisions and engage in critical conversations about the future of our public schools and society? We must be discerning about the information around us. Thinking about what information is provided, the source, why a story is developed, and whose perspective is represented and whose is missing can be valuable in evaluating accuracy and reliability and in understanding the intent behind media information.
- Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
- The Mind Online Podcast
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Policymakers and Lawmakers Want To Erase Trans Identities; Don’t Erase Them in Your School
Efforts to narrowly define gender and deny Title IX rights to transgender and nonbinary students pose a serious threat to student well-being. Here’s how educators can counter them.
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Quotes for Conflict Resolution and Peace
This accompanies the lesson Conflict Resolution and Peace.
August 24, 2017
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Toolkit for “(In)Visible Identity”
This toolkit provides recommendations for talking with students in elementary, middle, and high school about identity, representation and Sikh experience in the United States.
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Just Human
A recent hospital stay led this educator to reflect on the ways in which she does—and does not—truly see her students.