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Run with It! How to Empower Students to Take Ownership of Their School Climate

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Free Spirit Author

by Erin Frankel, author of the Weird series Next week is National Youth Violence Prevention Week. Participating schools will provide students with the opportunity to engage in activities aimed at preventing violence in schools. Students shouldn’t have to go to … Continue reading →

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Fifty Years Later, “I Have a Dream” Still Resonates

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mary Stennes Wilbourn

The Legacy In 1963, thousands of civil rights activists from many parts of the United States joined the march on Washington, D.C., to protest ongoing racial discrimination. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial … Continue reading →

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Counselor’s Corner: Don’t Judge a Cat by His Coat

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Danielle R. Schultz

A number of pictures lined my desk: pictures of my family, friends, and my two cats. When perusing these pictures, students would literally shriek when they saw a picture of my cat Perry. “Ahhhhh! Mrs. Schultz, you have a black … Continue reading →

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Every Family Is Different, Every Kid Belongs

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Mary Stennes Wilbourn

Kids come to school to learn, but they bring their families and home cultures along for the ride. Those families come in endless varieties—multigenerational, single-parent, group homes, co-parents, adoptive parents, blended families, foster families, stepparents, and GLBTQ parents. Because of … Continue reading →

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Teaching Tolerance, Building on Common Ground

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Mary Stennes Wilbourn

For most adults, the devastating images of 9/11 represent events in our lived experience. For kids in today’s elementary and middle school classrooms, however, 9/11 is historical, and they have no actual personal memories of the day. Even students who … Continue reading →

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