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CRT

I Will Not Remain Silent When Books Are Being Banned

Back in January 2022, when I read this headline in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Movement would ban LGBTQ books, online materials from school libraries,” I felt like I was in an episode of the...

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student support

Why “Gender Queer” Belongs on Library Shelves — Even If It Makes You Uncomfortable

I wanted to write something cutesy like, “I read Gender Queer, so you don't have to,” but that would be bad advice. With book bans popping up across America like acne, the best soap would be an...

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student support

Trump Administration Threatens to Cut Sex Ed Funding in 40 States Over Gender Identity Lessons

The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from 40 states for a sex education program aimed at vulnerable teens unless those states remove references in their curriculum to...

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Social Emotional Learning

High-Value, Low-Functioning Teachers Have Always Existed in Our Classrooms

Over the past few days, multiple viral clips from recent episodes of NFL star Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday” podcast and Nick Cannon’s “Counsel Culture” podcast have flooded the news feeds of my social...

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School Choice

Education Department Debate Is About Creating Anti-LGBTQ+ Worldview

Fact: MAGA Republicans want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). It’s one of the few items on the to-do list of Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (AKA “Agenda...

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Special Education

Hate, Danger, and Debt: Navigating Being Trans in Higher Education

As a gender-fluid, neurodivergent student who has surmounted dozens of hurdles to get from high school to college, I am all too familiar with the reasons why trans youth go into higher education in...

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