How students feel about new school security measures since Parkland
Essential question: How important is it to hear directly from students about their thoughts on school safety?
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Four Myths About Motivating Students
Motivating students, especially those who seem to constantly cause trouble, can be difficult.
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Student Voice: For LGBTQ teens, "hope does exist"
Editor’s note: Recently, Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, came underscr
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A gift of reading for their city
High school students at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute in Massachusetts are proving they care about the littlest people on their big campus.
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Kindred Spirits Guest Post: Estella Owoimaha-Church
The famed quote from Mahatma Gandhi says, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Except, to me, I don't think we've changed enough. And by “we,” I mean my generation and those before mine. I believe that recent climate change reports, the rise of mass shootings, school violence, national leadership, and the daily loss of black lives—to keep it brief—prove as much.
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2019 State of the Union address recap for students
Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read this
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Amid calls for Northam’s resignation, a look at blackface’s long racist history in America
Essential question: How do racist actions from a leader’s past affect their moral capacity to govern?
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Lesson plan: The State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union speech on Feb. 5, 2019, a week later than originally scheduled. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi postponed the address during the 35-day partial government shutdown over Trump’s demand for border wall funding.
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Five Classroom Procedures to Make Your School Life Easier
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