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December 17, 2015

Connecting With Students Through Dialogue

After learning an important lesson about student engagement as a classroom teacher, this teacher educator passed it on to her pre-service teachers: Focus on connecting with students versus trying to control them.

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March 6, 2019

Hate at School: This Viral Video Requires More Than a Conversation

The front facade of Spain Park High School during the day.

A viral video of Hoover, Alabama, students making racist and anti-Semitic statements shows why educators must use anti-bias practices.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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September 24, 2019

Celebrating Banned Books Means Advocating for LGBTQ Texts

During #BannedBooksWeek, educators should look to the present as well as the past.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

teaching strategy

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Understanding Text Types

This strategy includes text type charts and matching exercises to help students differentiate between Perspectives central text types, increasing their ability to read, comprehend and produce those forms.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.5

July 13, 2014

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October 11, 2018

Hate at School: September 2018

Female student with her knees pulled up, looking pensive.

In September, hate incidents including racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ sentiment continued as school leaders across the United States struggled to address them.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Toolkit for "Own Your Voice"

This toolkit for "'Own Your Voice'" is a three-part activity for grades 8–12 that engages students with the Maria Hinojosa interview and asks them to conduct their own interviews that amplify “voice” and tell untold stories.

teaching strategy

Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds

Developing Language to Talk About Texts

This strategy gives students tools to use when exploring, thinking about and discussing read-aloud texts.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

RL.K-2.3

July 13, 2014

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March 9, 2012

Nurturing Optimal Classroom Community for Culturally Responsive Conflict Resolution

Students of conflict resolution laud facilitative mediation for its cultural responsiveness.

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April 14, 2015

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Use this opportunity to engage your students in upending rape culture and preventing sexual assault all year.

Topic

Rights & Activism

teaching strategy

Word Work

Traits Matrix

In this semantic feature analysis strategy, students use a grid to show how vocabulary words relate to one another and to conceptual frameworks (e.g., masculine versus feminine).

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014