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Curating a More Inclusive Library

Cult of Pedagogy

The Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books from the Social Justice Books website offers specific things to look for when evaluating books for harmful stereotypes. SLJ (School Library Journal) recommends it for grades 7 and up. I totally agree with that. “It’s written by Brazilian author Vitor Martins. .

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 Event Highlights

Zinn Education Project

Area Educators for Social Justice hosted interactive Teach Truth pop-up display tables on June 8 at: Busboys and Poets Brookland. Hundreds of people stopped by the booth hosted by the DC Area Educators for Social Justice at the Capital Pride festival on June 9. District of Columbia The D.C. Capital Pride Festival.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

They went door-to-door recruiting participants for a parents council to elicit community input in the day-to-day operations of the school. Two weeks before school started,” said Fuller, “the superintendent, Lee McMurrin, moved the principal to another school and brought in a middle school principal.

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Tears, sleepless nights and small victories: How first-year teachers are weathering the crisis

The Hechinger Report

On a hot Friday afternoon in late August, Amia Bridgeford stood outside of the chain-link fence bordering Western Middle School of the Arts, an imposing brick building with arched windows in western Louisville. It was four days before the beginning of a new school year. Louis Redd, middle school teacher.