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** #USvsHate: Join Us in the Fight Against Hate in Schools
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Our new program #USvsHate aims to provide easy-to-implement curricula and action steps to support educators and students in resisting hate in their communities. Learn more ([link removed]) about how this program got its start in San Diego, California, and how you can bring #USvsHate to your school.
A Hopeful Case of Teaching Leadership and Confronting Bias in Education // Cory Collins ([link removed])

Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough // Bret Turner ([link removed])

Black Educators, Black Students, Stonewall Jackson School // Dr. Gregg Suzanne Ferguson ([link removed])
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Teaching in the Wake of Police Violence
On Monday, the police officer who shot Atatiana Jefferson inside her home during a wellness check was charged with murder. But the grief and righteous anger at her killing continue today. How will you talk with your students about injustice, police violence and the fact that black lives matter? Here ([link removed]) are a few places to begin.
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** Support LGBTQ Students and Educators
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As the Supreme Court hears cases to decide whether federal law protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination, one queer educator explains how his colleagues can be accomplices in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights. Read more here ([link removed]) .
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** Supporting Nonbinary Educators in the Workplace
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In this Q&A ([link removed]) , 2019 GLSEN Educator of the Year Ace Schwarz talks to fellow nonbinary educator A. Tooley about how educators can support nonbinary colleagues and students. Read Schwarz’s recommendations for creating a classroom and school community where all identities are honored and celebrated.
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** Recovering and Teaching Local History
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In this article ([link removed]) , TT Staff Writer Coshandra Dillard writes about the difficulties of finding real local history in textbooks and the courage it takes to teach these hidden, hard histories. But students must learn the truth about their own communities. Read more about why teaching local history in schools matters.


** Check Out What We're Reading
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“It’s time for us to stop silencing Black girls and charging their families for a racially unjust system. We must instead make room for their voices, their insights, and their leadership.” — Teen Vogue ([link removed])

“The survey … finds that 8% of public school students say they have ever had a teacher lead their class in prayer—an action that the courts have ruled is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. … [T]hese experiences are more common in the South.” — Pew Research Center ([link removed])

“Should they be canceled—banished from public engagement like some of their creators? Or should they continue to be studied, only with frank discussions about abuse and harassment?” — The New York Times ([link removed])
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