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Why I Left the Classroom to Build a School Black Children Deserve

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In those environments, creativity was often seen as defiance, and culturally relevant teaching was just as perilous. Where Black history wasn’t a side note but a central narrative. Writing handbooks. My students were growing. They were curious. They were healing. I knew I could no longer beg to do what I knew was right.

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Top 10 Tuesday – Books to Celebrate National Indigenous History Month

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June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize and celebrate the rich history, heritage, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This is a wonderful book to launch a discussion about family and cultural traditions and how they can be passed down within a family.

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How ZIP Codes Determine a Child’s Future — and What We Can Do to Fight Back

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They’re policies, they’re history and they’re hurting kids. Gentrification adds a new layer: the displacement of longtime residents and the erasure of culture. And until it doesn’t, I’ll keep teaching, mothering, writing, and shouting — because this isn’t just policy. So what can we do? The cruel irony? But it does.

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Up the Class Tempo with 17 Music Activities for Elementary Students

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It even helps students connect to their cultural roots in meaningful ways. No Prep Ta and Ti-Ti Music Worksheets By Aileen Miracle Grade: 1st-2nd Using the ta and ti-ti notes, students read and write patterns, copy patterns, and color patterns. But don’t hit pause there: Music and movement are key players in a child’s development.

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AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison

Cal Matters

Alba, 20, attends College of the Canyons, a large community college north of Los Angeles, where he is studying business and history. And while he hasn’t asked ChatGPT to write any papers for him, he has turned to the technology when a blank page and a blinking cursor seemed overwhelming. He has asked for an outline.

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18 Hispanic Heritage Month Activities for Any Classroom

Teachers Pay Teachers

You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach. When you add them to a display, they help class visitors and guests learn about this culture, too.

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"The Choice to Love"

Teacher Toms Blog

Cultures of domination," writes bell hooks, "rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience." In our society," writes hooks, "we make much of love and say little about fear. As a culture we are obsessed with the notion of safety. Our obsession with safety is a product of our culture of fear.