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Join Morningside Center's Daniel Coles and Dionne Grayman for the 2nd webinar in the Living Legacy Project's Speaking Truth series, Thursday October 21st at 8pm!

This classroom activity uses Halloween as a taking off point for students to share their experiences of being fearful, explore how fear is a normal part of life, and share ways we can handle our fear. The activity is structured as a circle, but can be adapted for other formats.

As a pivotal global summit on climate approaches, young people are making their voices heard. In this activity, students discuss COP26 and urgent youth-led demands for action.

Students experience how a range of Latinx illustrators touch on language, identity, and self-expression through their comics – including an exploration of the meaning and significance of terms such as Latinx, Hispanic, Latino, and Latina.

Native American Heritage Month (November) is an opportunity to learn about Indigenous peoples' history, culture, and perspectives. See our collected resources, and watch for more to come.

In this podcast, National Education Association general counsel Alice O'Brien discusses Critical Race Theory and what new restrictions born out of CRT panic mean for educators.

"New York will add $4 billion in school aid for its nearly 700 school districts over the next three years in a settlement with education advocates over a lawsuit that started seven year ago." By Joseph Spector at Democrat & Chronicle

"The big problem, researchers and practitioners say, is that too much of what constitutes SEL learning feels patronizing to teenagers and fails to address their core psychological needs and motivations." By Stephen Sawchuk at Edweek

"The pandemic upended student learning last year, but nearly eliminated one source of disruption: suspensions." By Alex Zimmerman at Chalkbeat