Tackling racism
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I am an elementary school educator, and I embrace critical race theory
My lessons center on my students’ lives and stories.
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Efforts to restrict teaching about racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S.
Chalkbeat is tracking efforts to restrict teaching about race and bias in schools, as well as efforts to expand it, on this map.
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When students ask why they haven’t seen cicadas, we need to talk about environmental racism
Why is 38th Street the boundary line for cicadas in Indianapolis?
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Before becoming a teacher, I was a YA author. My books normalized whiteness.
Rereading my old novels, I realized I was part of the problem.
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It’s not enough for teachers to call themselves ‘anti-racist.’ Here’s how we can live that value.
Don’t forgo uncomfortable conversations and other lessons from my first year in the classroom.
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Events
- Sep 20 – Fall High School Journalism Workshop – UHMP
- Sep 29 – Learn Scratch Coding with Kahoot
- Sep 30 – Testing the Limits Virtual Field Trip with Boeing and Discovery Education
- Oct 19 – The Robertson Center Presents: The Real Value of Math Class
- Nov 16 – The Robertson Center Presents: The Real Value of Math Class for Parents Webinar
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After George Floyd’s murder, my students wrote protest poetry
‘Do I have to look like you so I can live?’ and other dispatches from the intersection of art and activism.
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I am a veteran history teacher. Let me teach history.
It’s 2021. Why do I still have to convince people in power that Black stories are worthy of being taught?
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States want to prevent schools from telling the truth about racism in America. Here’s what educators can do about it.
It’s not enough to quote Martin Luther King Jr. and point to stories of Black success.
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After Chauvin verdict, classroom discussions turn to racial justice and remembrance
In some schools, the talks have become a heavy routine.
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Anti-Asian racism overwhelmed me this year. So I started speaking out.
Asian American young people need places to express our outrage.
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I didn’t learn about Asian American history in high school. We can’t fail another generation of students.
With little sense of the past, I grappled with my identity.
