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Student Voice

Every Time You Misgender a Trans Person and We Say 'It's Alright,' It's Not

Being misgendered feels like getting stabbed in the back, even when people don’t do it on purpose. I’ve learned to live with that pain, it’s something I experience every day, and I will face it for...

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LGBTQ

Kids Need to Learn About LGBT Heroes Like Edith Windsor

Look at this photo of Edie Windsor. When was she ever photographed looking anything other than confident and jubilant, arms extended and something bright, some swath of super-saturated color breaking...

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student achievement

I Almost Quit Teaching on My Third Day. Here’s 10 Things I Wish I'd Known.

Dear Mark, You called out sick today (Thursday, September 6, 2007). Only your third day of school—ever!—and you lied about having a family emergency in Rhode Island. I know, you’re scared—not of the...

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Teaching

I Shared My Own Story So My LGBTQ+ Students Could Know There Is a World of Possibilities

Teachers have the ability to be champions for their students—in all of their intersectional identities, from gender, sexual orientation and race to religion and social class. I came out in high...

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School Choice

I Believe in School Choice But It Should Be Public School Choice

I recently wrote about how a recent trip to Ireland revealed that despite the faults of the American educational system, one thing we do get right is the separation of church and state. Soon after...

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Achievement Gap

What 'Moonlight' Tells Us About LGBTQ Black Boys and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

While the new film “Moonlight” tells the riveting coming-of-age story of a young queer Black man, it also serves as an artistic exposé about the oppressive school experiences of queer and non-gender...

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