Dolly Parton: “A Force in American Life”
Ask students: What is something creative, like songwriting to Dolly Parton, that helps you cope with different aspects of life?
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How to Improve the Teacher of Color Pipeline? Ask Teachers of Color
How can we increase recruitment of teachers of color and create meaningful solutions to address a worsening systemic shortage?
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Adjusting to the New Normal
Top Blog of 2020: Honorable MentionYes, it’s a chaotic, demanding, uncertain, cringe-inducing tightrope walk. Yes, we are all swamped with fatigue. But it’s really just a new normal Tuesday.
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A Call for Anti-Racist Action to White Educators
A white educator discusses learning about, and committing to, anti-racist action, and what we can do as educators to support meaningful change.
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How Can We Inspire Children to Protect Nature When They Live in a Virtual World?
Nature Lab is an online platform that teaches the science behind how nature works and how we can act now to safeguard it for future generations.
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Where Are The Teachers of Color? Addressing a Pressing Problem
It’s not a secret: The teacher workforce does not reflect the demographics of our student population. Today, 54 percent of students are of-color while only 18 percent of teachers are of-color.
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When I Used to Know Things: Pandemic Uncertainty and Looking Toward the Future
All I know is this: Before this pandemic, there was another hardship that never touched me, and it was called uncertainty.
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How Musical Traditions Are Passed Down to New Generations
Ask students: Can you think of music or art made by past generations that inspires you? If so, what is it? How are musical traditions passed down?
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How A Biden Administration Would Take On Climate Change
How can the Joe Biden climate change plan make changes to environmental policy even without an agreement with the Senate on new laws?
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"Facts Are Stubborn Things": Teaching Government Amid False Claims of Voter Fraud
"Facts are stubborn things": A government teacher and his student discuss Trump's claims of voter fraud despite zero evidence.
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