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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

Our primary guide for observing these learning environments was a book by Vanderbilt University Professor Rich Milner called Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There , which offers a framework of opportunity-centered teaching. What a great writing prompt. What a terrific life skill to be sharing.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

million book images from the Internet Archive. . For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Or march to a local civic building. One suggestion is to have everyone bring a book that symbolizes the history they want to protect the right to teach about. See photos and stories about the D.C.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Books by Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Read about a 4th-grade class s banned books study and share your teaching stories Get involved with the school board. Event hosts can receive a Teach Truth pop-up installation box with banned books and other resources.