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Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids

Cult of Pedagogy

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. “My first job as a teacher was as a special education teacher in Chicago Public Schools, and I had third and fourth graders who were learning to read for the first time,” he says.

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Still learning? Still growing?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Beginning next week, my summer students and I will co-create our Leadership for Social Justice class together, recognizing that none of us has all of the answers but that we all can do something. Books: School leadership for social justice. Books: Culturally-relevant pedagogy. Books: Anti-racism.

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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

Through the generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the National Public Education Fund, nine League districts traveled to Toronto: Cajon Valley Union School District. Compton Unified School District. The School Board of Broward County, Florida. Highline Public Schools.

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. For no reason other than I wanted a change of scenery, I found myself in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

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Book Bans Threaten Public Education

Zinn Education Project

For displays and/or readings of banned books, Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books offers a list of recommended titles. With thousands of books banned, Social Justice Books has selected titles that address social issues , such as When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball.

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How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack

Cult of Pedagogy

Parents, now is the time that you share the receipts of the betrayal that has happened in our public schools. ” Both of these developments have naturally caused a lot of concern for anyone who teaches in a publicly-funded K-12 school, and these concerns are absolutely legitimate. .”

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