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Christopher Howell

Christopher Howell (he/him) got his start teaching nine preschoolers at a small private school in Virginia Beach. After receiving his undergrad and graduate degrees from the University of Virginia, funded by the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, he went on to teach 4th and 5th grades for three years. He currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is an instructional coach for Albemarle County Public Schools.

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

The Visibility Factor

Jeanie Greenidge felt invisible as a child. Now she’s helping make sure every student is seen.

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Critical Engagement With Materials

Critical engagement emphasizes the value of students’ learning, increasing the likelihood that they will use the knowledge and skills they build in the service of their academic, personal, social and political lives.

May 23, 2023

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Reading Together

Illustration of several people reading books, superimposed over various houses and top of a large book.

How one group of parents created space for their children to learn, think and teach about social justice.

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January 21, 2020

Future Voters Project: Build Your Registration Team

Two students, seated at a table covered in documents, facilitating a registration drive while another student fills out a sheet of paper across from them.

The first step to a successful voter registration drive is assembling the right team. Here’s how you can find the folks you need and get them excited!

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Rights & Activism

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Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment

The Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, or Alabama Constitution Amendment 774, was ratified by voters in 2006.

Alabama State Legislature

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9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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History

July 2, 2014

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November 16, 2017

Learning to Save Ourselves

Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson in Court | To Kill a Mockingbird

When a book characterizes problematic “white savior” tropes, how can it be used to effectively question those concepts with students?

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February 2, 2012

Larry Doby Hits One for History

It was Black History Month. I was working with children and youth in an after-school program in the Clarksdale housing projects in Louisville, Ky. Spike Lee's film Malcolm X had just been released. I sat around a table with a group of teenagers discussing Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and James Cone’s Martin & Malcolm & America.

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Issue 34, Fall 2008