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Dear John,
Happy New Year! As the challenges continue for schools, educators and families, please let us know if there are ways we can support you.
Our next Read Aloud in our “Changing the World One Word at a Time” series features Jacqueline Woodson on February 9—please join us! Other resources this month include our Book of the Month, and two additional resources on how domestic extremism is impacting schools and young people. | |
Changing the World One Word at a Time: Jacqueline Woodson Read Aloud and Conversation on February 9
Bring your class or come yourself to our very special read aloud and conversation with author and MacArthur Fellow recipient Jacqueline Woodson. Ten lucky winners will receive a personalized signed copy of one of her books. Register | | | |
Book of the Month
When Stars are Scattered
This graphic novel, about two brothers who have spent most of their lives in a refugee camp, tells the story of a childhood spent waiting, and a young man’s ability to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. Download Discussion Guides | |
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New Resource
Extreme Measures: How to Help Young People Counter Extremist Recruitment
Explore our new toolkit for educators, parents and families that provides strategies to help young people understand and resist recruitment and radicalization by white supremacist extremists. It includes information on adolescent risk and vulnerability, what recruitment and radicalization looks like, warning signs, effective approaches for talking with tweens and teens, how to respond to online hate and more.
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Extremists and Contentious Language at School Board Meetings
Have you been reading about school board meetings across the country becoming venues for contentious discourse and opportunities for extremists themselves to create a presence? This blog shares information and provides advice and strategies to prevent and counter this rhetoric and behavior. Read Blog | |
Anti-Bias Curriculum for Sale
Use our elementary, middle and high school curriculum guides to teach anti-bias education in your classroom. The curricula are designed to help students explore identity, understand and interpret differences, and analyze and challenge bias. Purchase Curriculum | |
