Undocumented educator realizes her dream to teach with DACA
“You matter. Your story matters. You are part of the fabric of this country.” Maria Dominguez’s message to undocumented people.
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It’s commonsense! Why California educators took ethnic studies mainstream
“To ask students to study a world in which they can’t see themselves is to relegate them to a blindness of the soul and a crippling of the spirit.”
Educators serve up the truth about Thanksgiving and their students dig in
“Telling the real Thanksgiving story is a great springboard to teaching the real history of indigenous people.”
Jubilant students and educators welcome Wildin Acosta back to school
After a harrowing six-month stay in a detention center for undocumented immigrants, Wildin Acosta is back in school where he belongs.
Teacher arrested at Philando Castile march speaks out for racial justice
Talking with teacher Kimberly Colbert about getting arrested and being a social justice activist.
Watch NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia’s DNC speech
NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, July 25.
A rabbit, a coyote and a Texas educator help students share their immigration stories
“People ask me all the time if this isn’t too controversial for students in my fourth grade class. It is not, because this is their reality.”
Support for immigrants more important than ever, says Ju Hong of Halmoni documentary
“Vision, dreams and passion can change policies in a positive way in our communities and our country.”
Marley Dias, educators and students talk Institutional Racism
“Do you care enough to look closer, to talk to each other. To your students, to your communities?”
I Am Jazz changes school environment for transgender students
55.5% of LGBTQ students felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, while 37.8% felt unsafe because of their gender expression.