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July 27, 2021
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** Pay BIPOC Educators for Their DEI Labor
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Too often, volunteer-based DEI teams recreate the inequities they are designed to address and place disproportionate pressure on educators of color. In our latest article, educator Selena A. Carrión writes that “For too long, Black and Brown people have been expected to lead DEI work—with the emotional weight that it carries—for free.” Read more here ([link removed]) .
Black Male Educators Create Space for Joy // Coshandra Dillard ([link removed])

The Classical Roots of White Supremacy // Dani Bostick ([link removed])

The Fight for Ethnic Studies // Tina Vasquez ([link removed])
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A Guide for Planning Community Reading Groups
Our Reading for Social Justice ([link removed]) guide ([link removed]) is designed to support parents, guardians, teachers, librarians and others as they plan and lead an intergenerational social justice reading group. Along with models and resources, the guide includes practical recommendations for establishing a framework, inviting student input and organizing a series of meetings during which children and adults in your community can read and learn together.
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** Videos for Teaching and Learning About Slavery
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Featuring historians and scholars including Ibram X. Kendi and Annette Gordon-Reed, our Teaching Hard History Key Concept Videos ([link removed]) examine slavery’s impact on the lives of enslaved people in what is now the United States and the nation’s development around the institution. They also explain how enslaved people influenced the nation, its culture and its history.
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** Lessons for Teaching Digital Literacy to K-12 Students
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Our Digital Literacy lessons ([link removed]) are designed to help even very young students build the skills and dispositions they need to become safe and savvy internet users. The lesson topics include evaluating and choosing reliable sources, maintaining privacy and security, understanding the role of identity in online advertising and much more. Check out our entire Digital Literacy Framework ([link removed]) for videos, PD and more resources.
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** Resources for Protecting Youth Against Extremism
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New resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center and American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab offer classroom strategies for recognizing and protecting students vulnerable to exploitation and responding when incidents occur. In this guide ([link removed]) , you can find information about warning signs, language and ideologies to be aware of, and guidance on best practices.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“‘Bob Moses was a giant, a strategist at the core of the civil rights movement. Through his life’s work, he bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice, making our world a better place. He fought for our right to vote, our most sacred right. He knew that justice, freedom and democracy were not a state, but an ongoing struggle.’” — Mississippi Today ([link removed])

“Most educators of color say they lacked any sort of professional development on how to support students after the high-profile police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans, the protests for racial justice that followed, and the wave of violence against Asian Americans. Yet 70 percent said they did their own research to better understand racial justice and equity in education. And 45 percent said they made changes to ‘incorporate issues of racial justice in [their] work at school’ following these events.” — Education Week ([link removed])

“According to Yeh, these tests and other teaching techniques that rely on memorization give children a very narrow view of what math is. When math seems disconnected from everyday life, it makes it easy for students to claim it’s not their thing. Instead, highlighting math’s connection to concrete examples and students’ everyday context communicates that math is all over the place.” — KQED ([link removed])
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