Marge Scherer

TOPSHOT - Chalk graffiti on the ground is seen at an encampment of activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, on August 12, 2016, outside of City Hall in Los Angeles, California. .The activists, who have already spent 32 days camped outside City Hall to protest police killings of brown and black men and women, plan to remain in the camp until Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, who activists call the leader of "the most murderous police force in the country" is fired or resigns. / AFP / Robyn BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

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Perspectives / The Question of Inequity

Opportunity Gaps

Sarah E. Fiarman

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Unconscious Bias: When Good Intentions Aren't Enough

Professional Development & Well-Being

Rick Wormeli

Diverse group of students at a school assembly

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Let's Talk about Racism in Schools

Susan B. Neuman

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Code Red: The Danger of Data-Driven Instruction

Deborah Wolter

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The Opportunity Gap in Literacy

Steve Suitts

Daycare program for low-income families in Manchester NH..From the GIRLS INC photoshoot "Material Girls", in Manchester NH, made November 2002..90919 _681:27a

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Students Facing Poverty: The New Majority

James Ford

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The Root of Discipline Disparities

Monique Couvson, formerly Morris

Monique W. Morris (Monique Couvson)

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Protecting Black Girls

Classroom Management & Behavior

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

Dominique Smith

Teenage Boy Feeling Intimidated As He Walks Home

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After Sticks, Stones, and Hurtful Words

Social-Emotional Learning

David Sadker

This is a portrait of a 15 year old teenage girl holding a soccer ball out on a field. She is looking seriously into the camera with a tough competitive spirit.

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Gender Insights Coming to Your Classroom

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 8 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 15, 2016 photo, Sterling High School sophomore Isaac Badillo poses for a photo at school in Sterling, Ill. Badillo plans to undergo hormone therapy this summer as he transitions from life as a girl. Born Alexis, he began identifying as a boy last summer. (Michael Krabbenhoeft/The Daily Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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The Schools Transgender Students Need

Advocacy, Policy & Funding

Pedro Noguera

Jill Pierce

Jill C. Pierce

PO#281 I.S. 285k Meyer Levin School Anti - Charter School rally

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The (Evasive) Language of School Reform

Robin Avelar La Salle

Ruth S. Johnson

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Peeling Back the Wallpaper

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Double Take

Bryan Goodwin

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Research Matters / Flip the Script on Fate Control

Student Engagement

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Show & Tell: A Video Column / Only as Special as Necessary

Catlin Tucker

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The Techy Teacher / Access: Let's Get Creative

Teaching Strategies

Thomas Hoerr

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Principal Connection / Protecting Your Team

School Culture & Improvement

Carol Ann Tomlinson

G3ACN8 Demonstrators picket in front of a school board office protesting segregation of students. Part of a Picture Story entitled Why They Marched about the March on Washington.. Image shot 1963. Exact date unknown.

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One to Grow On / The Road Not Yet Taken

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ASCD Community in Action

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EL Takeaways

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Index to Advertisers

At the end of their recess, Catherine Van Winkle's kindergarten class at Wing Luke Elementary School line up to return to class.

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Boosting Student Attendance: Beyond Stickers, Stars, and Candy Bars

Julie Landsman

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Helping Students Discuss Race Openly

Pretty young Hispanic woman gets emotional as she talks with counselor and support group members. She gestures as she talks. The other patients and counselors focus on her as she talks and are supportive.

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Does Common Enrollment Work?

Instructional Leadership & Coaching

Vernita Mayfield

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Conversation Interrupted

When her grand-daughter Brianna comes home from school, Vickie Lomax helps her with her homework until Brianna's mother comes home after work.

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Tell Me About … / How You Disrupt Inequity at Your School

Deena Kennedy, left, holds a sticker for a new gender neutral bathroom as members of the cheer squad applaud behind during a ceremonial opening for the restroom at Nathan Hale high school Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Seattle. President Obama's directive ordering schools to accommodate transgender students has been controversial in some places but since 2012 Seattle has mandated that transgender students be able to use of the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. Nearly half of the district's 15 high schools already have gender neutral bathrooms and one high school has had a transgender bathroom for 20 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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EL Study Guide

Multi-ethnic elementary school children writing in classroom. Focus on Hispanic girl wearing eyeglasses (8-9 years).

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EL Interview

Arts Corps teachers, staff and boardmembers gather for a weekend retreat on Vashon Island to begin the 2010-11 school year.

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