Modeling Collaboration for Our Children
Although we teach different subjects and grade levels, as educators we all want the same things for our children. We want them to be happy, healthy, and successful.
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Why Don’t They Just Talk to Each Other?: Technological vs. IRL Conversations
Just look at them. Always on their phones. They don’t even know how to have a conversation anymore. They will text each other even when they’re in the same room. Why don’t they just talk to each other?
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Student breakdown on the government shutdown
Essential question: What happened during the federal government shutdown that resulted in President Trump backing down from his demand for a border wall?
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Census 2020 Changes and Citizenship Status
Among the most charged civic issues of our time is immigration. While the tempting to duck discussions about it might be tempting, neglecting them would fail to prepare our students for a world in which migration is not just a current event. Migration is our past, present, and future,
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It’s Not Too Late to Create, Teach and Enforce Classroom Rules
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Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for today
Essential question: How does the legacy of Dr. King inform activism today?
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Focusing on the Total Child Leads to School Success
I once visited a school on the Navajo. It focused on the total child before the term was coined, and it took a lot of hard work by a wide range of professionals. This school also paid attention to the needs of kids who weren’t in crisis, or weren’t high flyers—they were just the kids in the middle whose lives were changed by being touched by that staff. I left wishing that my kids went to this school.
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Gillette’s New Ad: ‘The Best Men Can Be’
The historical and current day impact of gender roles and sexism has been documented and explored at great length. As a society, we acknowledge that sexism exists in a variety of ways—both interpersonally and in our societal institutions. We often think that sexism only impacts girls and women. What is less understood and not often acknowledged is the impact of sexism on men and boys and on our concepts of masculinity.
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Study guide: William Barr’s nomination for attorney general
Essential question: How important is it for the United States attorney general to be impartial when it comes to enforcing the law?
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