Culture

When my student told me she hates Malala, it made me rethink how I teach

2015-01-27

Editor’s Note: Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai has garnered support all over the world and earned a Nobel Peace Prize last year for her work advocating for girls’ education. Below, teach

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Separating fact from fiction: the problems of teaching North Korea

2015-01-19

Editor’s note: The film “The Interview” and the decision by Sony Pictures to cancel its release in theaters brought debates about free expression and racial representation in film. Here, high school t

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Obama’s immigration order raises more questions than answers for my students

2015-01-09

Editor’s note: President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration last year granted deportation relief to many immigrants, but some are raising concerns that it could raise more barriers for its

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Helping kids understand their rights when they’re stopped by the police

2014-12-05

Editor’s Note: The recent decision of two grand juries not to indict officers in the deaths of Eric Garner or Michael Brown have been addressed in hundreds of classrooms throughout the country. Amber

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How to support students on the brink of deportation

2014-11-21

Editor’s Note: While President Barack Obama’s executive action last night will bring deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants, deportation remains a concern for thousands of children

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On campus, fight Ebola panic with information

2014-10-22

How does an off-hand comment about Ebola turn into campus-wide panic? Like this: “Mr. Aguilar, we have students texting and saying that a student on campus has Ebola,” Nurse Belk told me after a stude

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What teachers need to know about undocumented students

2014-10-15

Editor’s Note: As the number of undocumented children in the U.S. has increased in recent months, teachers have found themselves on the front lines of caring for these students and addressing their un

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Should teachers be using social media in the classroom?

2014-10-01

Editor’s note: About once a month, the NewsHour’s editorial staff huddles in our conference room to brainstorm ideas for “theme weeks” where we explore a single topic from all different — and sometime

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What my students and a book taught me about 9/11

2014-09-11

As with most moments in my adult life, it was my students and literature that taught me the most significant lessons about the meaning of 9/11. That morning felt unremarkable, even after my co-teacher

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‘Are we gonna die?’ Answering my third grade students on 9/11

2014-09-09

Sept. 11, 2001, started like any other school day at Franklin Elementary School in Trenton, New Jersey: there was unpacking, school announcements and a morning meeting. My friend, the à la carte writ

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How to talk to students about Ferguson

2014-08-29

Teachers’ Lounge, a blog where teachers can discuss the issues that affect them, is back from summer break. Our series starts the school year with a discussion of how to address Ferguson in the classr

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