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April 6, 2021
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** Taking Care During Another COVID Surge
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As we witness a significant rise in coronavirus cases, we encourage you to take care of yourself and your students. These resources ([link removed]) recommend trauma-informed practices and culturally responsive teaching methods—including supporting Muslim students, families and educators who begin Ramadan observance next week amid the pandemic. We wish you continued strength and compassion in these difficult times.
The Weaponization of Whiteness in Schools // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])

What It Means to Be an Anti-racist Teacher // Lorena Germán with Val Brown ([link removed])

They Didn’t Back Down // Cory Collins ([link removed])
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Classroom Videos for Teaching Digital Literacy
With Facebook’s data leak in the news and continued widespread belief in misinformation, it’s increasingly important that students develop digital and civic literacy skills. Use these student-friendly videos ([link removed]) and accompanying discussion questions and activities to teach digital literacy in your classroom.
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** White Supremacy Culture in Teacher Prep Programs
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If we’re serious about dismantling white supremacy in schools, teacher preparation programs are an obvious place to start. In our latest magazine ([link removed]) , professor Natalie Odom Pough writes that teacher preparation programs can “equip future educators with the knowledge and skills to provide positive learning experiences and environments for students of color.” But first, they need to look within.
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** A Story for Young Learners About Speaking Up
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In this story ([link removed]) , when a classmate says Min Jee’s lunch is “how everyone got sick,” her friends’ reactions and a conversation with her dad illustrate the importance of speaking up against racism and honoring cultures different from one’s own. Share “Min Jee’s Lunch” by educator Elizabeth Kleinrock with young readers.
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** Download Our Newest One World Classroom Poster
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Our newest One World poster features a quote from Derrick A. Bell Jr. about living out your beliefs. Bell was a renowned civil rights lawyer who wrote and theorized about race and racism. The first tenured Black law professor at Harvard University, Bell modeled courage and solidarity by resigning from his position to protest the lack of tenured Black women on faculty. Download the poster here ([link removed]) !


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“This forgetting has allowed the racism woven into America’s immigration policies to stay submerged beneath the more idealistic vision of the country as ‘a nation of immigrants.’” — The Atlantic ([link removed])

“Integration in the 21st century has typically resulted in shifts from predominantly Black schools to mixed-race schools. Yet simply increasing the number of mixed-race schools, without eliminating discriminatory treatment and tracking of Black students, may not improve Black students’ performance—and may in fact hinder it, the new research suggests.” — Futurity ([link removed])

“Growing up, the erasure of Asian history and culture gnawed at me. How was I to know what was missing if I’d never learned it in the first place? With little sense of history to ground my identity, I grappled with what it meant to be Asian American — a paradox that felt like two distinct worlds; I didn’t quite feel like I belonged in either of them.” — Chalkbeat Chicago ([link removed])
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