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guns

Want Justice For Uvalde? It'll Only Happen If You Can Outspend Lobbyists.

Nineteen second, third, and fourth graders and at least two teachers are dead (as of this writing) after a gunman entered yet another school with another automatic weapon designed to do only one...

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Literacy

Science of Literacy and Dual Language Advocates Can Work Together, But It’s Harder Than You Think

Early this year, the Illinois Right to Read Act looked like a no-brainer. As originally written, the bill pushed teacher colleges, districts and schools to pay greater attention to phonics and...

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Social Emotional Learning

Parents Aren’t Falling for the Partisan Outrage About SEL in Schools

Do you want kids to develop the self-discipline to succeed academically? Want them to build communication and kindness skills to work together with their peers? Then you want social-emotional...

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anti-racism

Why the Time Requires Us to Teach Like Malcolm

As we celebrate and honor what would have been Malcolm X’s birthday, I can’t help but think of his legacy in the context of today’s whitelash against speaking and teaching truth to the youth around...

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Social Emotional Learning

3 Strategies To Help Kids Heal When Racist Tragedies Strike

Students across our nation started another week of school after yet another tragic mass shooting motivated by racism and hate. Teachers will face students who have likely heard about how an...

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Here's How the 'Brown' Decision Impacted Black Teachers

To close Black History Month 2020, brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart took to a Twitter thread to share some history on the Black teaching force in America. Specifically, the unintended consequences of the...

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