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AFT July 06, 2020

The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Read this blog about the importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the struggle to keep the dream of a movement alive in precarious times.

PBS News Hour Classroom July 06, 2020

Who's Taking Your Money When You Order Food From Delivery Apps?

Use this lesson plan to explore what the gig economy is, with a specific focus on labor and delivery apps. Who actually benefits from your money?

Sari Beth Rosenberg July 02, 2020

Teaching in the Age of Coronavirus—Week 12: Processing Progress

Progress is a process. But, it all starts with us emphasizing our common humanity and dismantling systems that are designed to separate and not unite us.

PBS News Hour Classroom June 30, 2020

LGBTQ Educator Visibility Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

Read about the importance of LGBTQ educator visibility and how supportive adults can mean the difference between life and death for LGBTQ youth.

Learning for Justice June 25, 2020

Black Lives Matter At School: Teaching in Solidarity

Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action is a movement sweeping some of the country’s largest school districts. Learn how you can join and participate.

Sari Beth Rosenberg June 25, 2020

Teaching in the Age of Coronavirus — Week 11: No Justice, No Peace

Week 11 of remote learning started off as protests continued to explode around the country, including in New York City. Fueled by an outrage over the brutal police killing of George Floyd, as well as a renewed call for police reform, people took to the streets in record numbers.

Albert Shanker Institute June 24, 2020

Our Profession Requires Hope, Now And Ever Since

Hope has always existed in the places where we lacked evidence for hoping. If we are to transform education, we would do well to lean on the people who know this most intimately.

AFT June 23, 2020

I Can't Breathe

When a person gasps “I can’t breathe,” it is incomprehensible that there would not be a rush to help. Yet this was the lived experience of George Floyd, Eric Garner and so many Black men before them.

A still from the animated short Hair Love

Ami Turner DelAguila June 22, 2020

An Anti-Racist Reading List for Children and Adults

#2 Top Blog of 2020Here is an anti-racist reading list for children in grades preK-12, as well as for adults, that can help us all become more kind, caring, and empathetic.

AFT June 19, 2020

Juneteenth Reminds Us that the Fight for True Liberty Continues

Some 155 years have passed since the first Juneteenth, and African Americans continue to struggle for true freedom and for full and equal protection under the law.