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August 23, 2019

‘Most Dangerous Podcast in the Schoolhouse’ Explores Issues Faced by Educators of Color

Kevin Adams and Gerardo Muñoz, creators and hosts of the podcast “Too Dope Teachers and a Mic,” have an on-air energy and rapport that might lead you to think they have known each other since childhood. But if it were not for one student they each taught at different schools, they may have never crossed … Continued

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October 12, 2017

Ethnic studies victories in Arizona come at critical time for the state and country

This department didn’t come together overnight. It is the culmination of many years and even generations of struggle.

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September 29, 2017

Undocumented, unafraid, and unapologetic – I’m fighting for the Dreamers

The day President Trump rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), it seemed like my dream of becoming a teacher was being yanked out from under me.

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August 30, 2017

A journey from educator to educator activist: Milwaukee’s Sequanna Taylor

Her journey began with a law designed to strip educators of their right to collectively bargain.

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May 15, 2017

Aspiring educators tackle the school-to-prison pipeline before they get to the classroom

Many of our preservice teachers had never heard of the pipeline, but almost all of us will have students who could be touched by it.

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March 28, 2017

NEA Student Member Jaffa Williams shares the inspiration for her activism

“When I look at what’s happening across the country in the field of education – the attacks on unions, the dismissive way teachers are treated by policymakers and the alarming funding priorities, I know that I need to take action.”

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March 11, 2017

“Don’t deport our students’ dreams” say college educators as they go to battle for undocumented students

Educators are sounding the alarm that students have become actual targets and collateral damage in the Trump administration’s assault on immigrants.

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October 20, 2016

Educators hope federal guidelines on the use of police in schools will help keep more kids out of the school-to-prison pipeline

“We’d be much further ahead in doing what’s best for our students, particularly students of color, if we could separate the notion that school safety and school policing are one and the same.”

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September 29, 2016

NEA student leader rallies Native American vote

“Native people have played such an important role in the history of this nation. But decades of feeling marginalized and disrespected have left a real impact.”

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August 18, 2016

From student sports to the Olympics, female athletes have Title IX to thank for the opportunity—and so much more

“I lived in a time when there were no scholarships for women who played any sport…if you were a woman and a jock, you were just out of place.

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