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Permission to Walk Out: They Didn’t Ask, I Didn’t Give It
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This principal issued over 100 discipline referrals last week—and he couldn’t be more proud.
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Self-care for Your Break
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These tips, adapted from our webinar Self-Care for the Summer, suggest ways to make the most of your break so you can return to your classroom rested and re-energized to continue the vital work of educating for a diverse democracy.
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Insist on Persistent Women: Women's History in the K-8 Classroom
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Young people need stories of persistent women who have fought for gender equality. Women's History Month is a good time for us to recommit to teaching those stories.
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March 14, 2018
Walkout Day
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This teacher built a custom lesson plan to mark a day when thousands of students walked out of their schools in protest. Check it out—and build your own!
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Teaching to End Tragedy: A Call to Elementary School Teachers
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This educator asks elementary teachers: Is your classroom preparing students to work toward healthier, safer, more equitable communities—or to do worksheets?
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Hate at School: February 2018
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In a month featuring systemic issues, targeted threats and Black History Month backlash, we tracked 71 school-based episodes of hate in 29 states.
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Destigmatizing Privilege
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Privilege can be a sticky subject, but this teacher introduces it to her fourth-graders as a tool they can use to elevate others.
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Broken and Healing: Normalizing Mental Health Issues in Our Classrooms
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If we want our students to feel safe and accepting of their own mental health issues, can we model that by being open ourselves?
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When Trivia Isn’t Trivial
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One teacher explains how she turned “Thanksgiving Trivia” into an opportunity to share under-taught history with her colleagues as well as her students, regardless of the time of year.