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Recovering and Teaching Local History
Local history has a profound effect on our communities. It’s up to educators to learn and teach students about the hard history in their own backyards.
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Responding to Hate and Bias in the West
A Las Vegas school made headlines when hate shook its campus. Now a group of parents is fighting to ensure children learn in a safer and more equitable environment.
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To Counter Racist Violence, Teach Honest History
The recent Buffalo shooting is the latest iteration of this nation’s history of anti-Black terrorism.
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Civics for Democracy
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn contends that civics should “represent the agency and change of each generation, demonstrating the needs of the time and how people showed up for the collective good.”
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17 Good Things That Actually Happened In '17
In a year when hate thrived, we thought it was important to remember some of the good things that happened in 2017.
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Reframing Gender Helps Kids See Beyond Other Binaries
Teaching gender as a spectrum has far-reaching consequences: Beyond helping students form a more complex understanding of gender identity, it helps them—and educators—see more nuance across a wide range of subjects.
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April 9, 2018
Tips for Testing Season
With testing comes a heightened sense of anxiety for many students and their teachers. Consider trying these survival tips to help your students feel less anxious and bring their best selves to testing days.
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The Opioid Crisis
Addiction can suffocate a community—especially its youngest members. But schools that employ trauma-informed practices are giving childhood victims of the opioid epidemic a fighting chance.
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Summary Objective 5
Students will describe the roles that slavery, Native nations and African Americans played in the Revolutionary War. Maps to Key Concepts 2, 3, 5, 9 & 10 What else should my students know? 5.A The Declaration of
December 18, 2017
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Desired Things for a Better World
A number of years ago, I asked my ninth-grade English students to make a bucket list of at least three things they’d like to do before they die. Examples of what they wrote down include “riding a motorcycle,” “becoming a