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Dear Nancy,

Friday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. At the blog, the scholars behind two recent TC Press books that grapple with how we teach about human rights and genocide share their reflections. Looking at today's culture wars, Jennifer Lemberg and Alexander Pope IV consider the dangers in restricting what educators can teach. Mark Gudgel cautions against a "willful ignorance" of the violence students are exposed to in the news or in their communities. Read both posts below.

Also this week: using students' assets to create engaging science instruction (new release); selections for Black History Month; upcoming events; and more.

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New Release

Planning Science Instruction for Emergent Bilinguals

Edward G. Lyon and Kelly M. Mackura

“A conceptually rich and highly practical book.”

—From the Foreword by George C. Bunch, UC Santa Cruz

“A clear and practical guide for educators looking to understand and apply supportive and effective practices that benefit multilingual learners.”

—Cory Buxton, Oregon State University

Drawing on extensive and current research, the authors show secondary educators how to use students' own language and lived experiences, coupled with authentic science practices, to provide rich and relevant language support.

Black History Month

In support of Black students, teachers, and communities, these resources explore educational justice, anti-racist pedagogy, family-school partnerships, and more.

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Our Students Are Watching

By Joi Spencer and Kerri Ullucci, authors, Anti-Blackness at School

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Featured Blogs

Teaching the Holocaust Today: Remembering the Past, Acting in the Present

By Jennifer Lemberg and Alexander Pope IV, editors, Becoming a Holocaust Educator

As educators with more than 30 combined years’ experience immersed in professional development for teachers, we think deeply and often about the role of classroom education in Holocaust remembrance and about the role of teachers in helping students to consider their responsibility to the present in light of the past. We think of these within the broader context of American discourse around classroom education, and especially in regards to the circumstances in which many U.S. teachers now find themselves as they manage conflicting demands, and in some cases extreme challenges, in their classrooms. Read more

The Dangers of Willful Ignorance

By Mark Gudgel, author, Think Higher Feel Deeper

The idea of willful ignorance has practical application to my field of research. One of the areas I study is genocide education, that is, how we teach about genocide and human rights, something I became interested in after studying and teaching about the Holocaust. When I share, e.g., that 25% of American teachers have less than a week to teach about the Holocaust, or the fact that Schindler’s List is, despite its relative age, by far and away the most-used film for teaching about the Holocaust, it is often news to my audiences. Read more

Upcoming Events

Child Care Justice book event, University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development

Saturday, February 4 | 3:00–5:00pm CT

Join editors Kyra Ostendorf and Maurice Sykes for a conversation and celebration of Child Care Justice.

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Beyond ELPAC: Radically Inclusive Teaching With Plurilingual Learners

Tuesday, February 7 | 11:00am PT

Join the authors of Radically Inclusive Teaching With Newcomer and Emergent Plurilingual Students for a virtual conversation on how education leaders can empower teachers and learners.

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Education as the Practice of Freedom: Janine de Novais in conversation with Daniel Alarcón

Wednesday, March 1 | 6:10–8:00pm ET

Join Janine de Novais, author of Brave Community, in conversation with Daniel Alarcón at Columbia University's Justice Forum.

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In the Media

Civic Education in the Age of Mass Migration by Angela M. Banks is reviewed by Multicultural Perspectives: “For people who think about civic education, this book will be provocative and energizing.”

The Native Podcast Network's “Dance your style” on The Powwow Trail interviews Cornel Pewewardy, co-editor of Unsettling Settler–Colonial Education.

The SAT and ACT are less important than you might think: The Conversation cites The Scandal of Standardized Tests, edited by Joseph A. Soares.

Integrating Primary and Secondary Sources in Teaching by Scott M. Waring is reviewed by Teachers College Record: “This book is an essential read for anyone with a desire to take the important research findings about the benefits of primary source analysis and effectively integrate them into social studies education.”

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