Social Justice Articles
Posted: Feb 7, 2018
Categories: Uncategorized
Recent articles written by State Teachers of the Year and Finalists in support of educational equity.
When White Teachers Avoid Conversations About Race, We Marginalize Students of Color | Allison Riddle | EdWeek |
We need more teachers like Black Panther's T'C'halla now! | James E. Ford | Education Post |
This Black History Month Teach Your Students About African Americans in the Military | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
Someone Like Me: How One State Teacher of the Year Moved From Bias to Equity Literacy | Rebecca Eunmi Haslam | EdWeek |
Some Kids Dare You to Teach Them | Rebecca Mieliwocki | EdWeek |
I Know White Teachers Can Be Biased Against Kids of Color Because I Was | Sydney Chaffee | Education Post |
Forget the White House, the Eagles Should Celebrate Black Lives Matter Week at my School | Topher Kandik | Education Post |
This Teacher of the Year Showed Me Just How Important DACA Is | Mike Soskil | Education Post |
Some Tips for a White Teacher Trying to Stop Being Racist | Tom Rademacher | Education Post |
To achieve equity in my classroom, I had to check my own bias at the door | Karen Vogelsang | EdWeek |
These Teachers of the Year Stand for Those Who Choose to Kneel | 2017 State Teachers of the Year | Education Post |
Finding the Right School for Your Kid Shouldn’t Be a Privilege | Patrick Kelly | Education Post |
You Can Keep Your School Choice Debate. I’m Choosing the Best Option for My Child. | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
When it Comes to Advanced Coursework, Equity is Access | Nate Bowling | EdWeek |
Once You've Got a Seat at the Table, You Need to Have the Tough Conversations | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
I Shouldn't Have to Go to a Conference of Black Male Educators to Realize How Essential They Are for Our Schools | Tom Rademacher | Education Post |
Librarians — It’s Time to Get on the Front Lines | Angie Miller | EdWeek |
How Two Students’ Warmth and Support Helped Me Come Out at School | Becky Tapley | Education Post |
I’m Trying to Teach My Students That Mass Shootings Aren’t Normal, But It’s Getting Harder | Michelle Pearson | Education Post |
Here’s Everything You Should Do for LGBT History Month in Your Classroom | Rich Ognibene | Education Post |
A Commitment to Justice: Educator to Educator | Jemelleh Coes | Education Post |
Sometimes You Gotta Check Your Teacher Friends on Their Social Justice Activism | Jemelleh Coes | Education Post |
Why the Hell Didn’t Someone Put These Books in My Hand When I Was Younger? | Nate Bowling | Education Post |
Don't like 'take a knee'? Take a civics course. | Patrick Kelly | Education Post |
When ‘Good Enough’ Isn’t Good Enough at All for Our Students of Color | Josh Parker | Education Post |
First-Generation Immigrants Like Mari Are Called DREAMers for a Reason | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
I was a racist teacher and I didn't even know it. | Laurie Calvert | Education Post |
After Charlottesville: Having Tough Conversations in an Age of Extremism | Nate Bowling | EdWeek |
Food Insecurity: The Hidden Equity Hurdle in our Schools | Brett Bigham | EdWeek |
The Fight for Social Justice Begins in the Classroom | Topher Kandik | Education Post |
To All of the Educators, Love Not Money Will Close the Gap | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
I Never Thought Gifted and Talented Kids Could Be At-Risk Too, Until My Son Said He Wanted to Drop Out of School | Michelle Pearson | Education Post |
Every Single Educator Has to Stand Up and Recognize Racism in This Country | Maryann Woods-Murphy | Education Post |
How does school choice work in rural schools?
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Anna Baldwin | EdWeek |
Special Education Was Created to Push Students Forward But It’s Been Used to Hold Them Back | Jemelleh Coes | Education Post |
Teachers, We Are Failing Our LGBT Youth. But There’s Something You Can Do Right Now. | Brett Bigham | Education Post |
I Have the Courage to Teach LGBTQ Literature Because It Saved My Life | Jane McMahon | Education Post |
Trauma is Real. But Connection Can Heal | Gary Abud | EdWeek |
I Made Every Phone Call, Sent Every Email, Text and Tweet So My Student Could Attend the College of Her Dreams | Anna Baldwin | Education Post |
Take After-School Programs Off of the Political Chopping Block | Allison Riddle | EdWeek |
Teachers of the Year Sang ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at the White House and It Was Everything | Kelisa Wing | Education Post |
What Happens When a Student is Put Out of Class? | Josh Parker | EdWeek |
What I Want From My Next Teaching Job | Tom Rademacher | EdWeek |
Take Afterschool Programs Off the Political Chopping Block | Allison Riddle | EdWeek |
Fighting for the Dreamers in and out of the Classroom | James Ford | EdWeek |
To the Educators Who Will Teach My Colleague’s White Son | Jemelleh Coes | EdWeek |
Lessons from the Garden: What Teachers Can Do to Help Our Most Vulnerable Students Thrive | Nate Bowling | EdWeek |
What to do when the next awful thing happens
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Tom Rademacher | EdWeek |
To the educators who will teach my Black daughter | Jemelleh Coes | EdWeek |
6 Things Teachers Can Do When Bad News Strikes | Angie Miller | EdWeek |
Relationships are everything | James Ford
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The Difficult (and Satisfying) Run of Teaching Defiant Students | Allison Riddle | EdWeek |
Mission-Minded Teaching | James Ford | EdWeek |
Teaching Children of Color vs “Tough Love” | Justin Minkel | EdWeek |
The Danger of a Single Story and How Common Core Can Help | Josh Parker | Education Post |
Teens Talk about Racism | Mary Ann Woods Murphy | Education Post |
This is the Summer of Race and Equity in Education | Anna Baldwin | Education Post |
Your White Teacher is Woke | Maddie Fennell | Education Post |
What it Means to Bridge the Gap | Jody Zepp | NNSTOY blog |
Meet Jayden and Be Changed | Michael Dunlea | NNSTOY blog |
4 Things Every Teacher Should Do to Help Students Move Forward Post-Election | Monica Washington | Education Post |
A Rural Teacher Gets a Glimpse into Urban School Discipline | Jaclyn Roller Ryan | NNSTOY blog |
Reflections on Saving Tomorrow Today | Pat Jordan | NNSTOY blog |