Your weekly newsletter, with news about our first call-in podcast episode, supporting LGBTQ students right now—and a free poster.

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April 14, 2020
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** Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing
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We know LGBTQ students may be particularly in need of support during social distancing. Some students may face unsafe environments at home and feel especially isolated without support from GSAs, friends or affirming adults at school. It’s clear they need support right now. For guidance and recommendations ([link removed]) for supporting LGBTQ students through social distancing, we spoke with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention, crisis intervention and educational program that serves LGBTQ youth.
#USvsHate During School Closures // Jey Ehrenhalt ([link removed])

How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism // Teaching Tolerance Staff ([link removed])

Demystifying the Mind // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])
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A Care Package From the Smithsonian APA Center
Curated with love from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Care Package ([link removed]) is a collection of creative offerings by AAPI artists, writers and scholars. You’ll find a range of approaches to addressing uncertainty, anxiety and grief through vision, reflection and healing.
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** Call in for the Next Episode of Teaching Hard History
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We know teaching hard history is even harder right now, so let’s talk about resources you can use if you’re teaching virtually. Call in for the next episode of our Teaching Hard History podcast ([link removed]) , and ask us your questions and tell us your stories. And let us know how you’re doing. Pick up the phone and dial 888-59-STORY (888-597-8679). Our lines are open until 11 p.m. CT Sunday, April 19.
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** One World Poster: Kay Ulanday Barrett
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Kay Ulanday Barrett ([link removed]) is a poet, educator and activist. In their writing, they say, they hope to expand others’ “ideas of what trans is, what disabled is, what being a person of color and a kid of migrants is.” Find their inspiring words on our newest One World poster ([link removed]) , and download and share it with your students.
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** Using Young Readers’ Editions to Teach History
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In textbooks, stories about people of color and Indigenous peoples are often set outside the main narrative, literally pushed to margins or sidebars. But some social studies teachers are turning to an unusual source to re-center these histories: young readers’ editions of social justice books. Learn more ([link removed]) about how educators are using this growing genre in our Spring cover story, “The New YA.”


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“Expanding e-learning districtwide raises thorny questions about digital equity and access, especially for students with disabilities, children living in poverty and those who are homeless. This has forced school leaders to ask, ‘If we can’t teach every student equitably, should we be teaching any at all?’” — The Hechinger Report ([link removed])

“Clearly, we are in uncharted territory, but librarians have always been champions of student privacy, and we can continue to do so during this time of remote learning. Rather than waiting for a mistake to happen, librarians can step up and proactively help their staff avoid some of the child privacy violations that have, unfortunately, occurred in other places.” — School Library Journal ([link removed])

“The respect and dignity that she gave to our struggle was the ultimate empowerment. ... Some rare magic has left us. But Ms. Borjas leaves a network of activists who she nurtured, and who have mobilized in her wake.” — The New York Times ([link removed])
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