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The Grapple Series Session 1: AI…What?!
The Grapple Series: Exploring the Intersections of Artificial Intelligence & Humanity is organized by educators...
LEARN Marginal Syllabus (February)—Praisesongs of Place: Youth Envisioning Space and...
Our February reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus...
Become an “Exhibitionist” of Student Learning!
The Share Your Learning campaign advocates for public presentations to give students an authentic audience...
Gen Z Talks About Election 2020
The Let’s Talk About Election 2020 youth media challenge showcase officially opened January 20, 2020—exactly one year...
LEARN Marginal Syllabus (January)—Revising Resistance: A Step Toward Student-Centered Activism
Our January reading describes how one teacher helped students design their own learning, study issues...
LEARN Marginal Syllabus 2019-20 (December)—Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Reimagining the...
Our December text for Marginal Syllabus examines how a book, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, by Jason...
Civic Engagement Starts in the Classroom
KQED, the National Writing Project, and PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs are co-hosting the KQED...
LEARN Marginal Syllabus 2019-20 (November)—Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness...
The first reading for our 2019-20 Marginal Syllabus employs racial storytelling as a means to...
Why Annotate? LEARN: Marginal Syllabus 2019-2020
Marginal Syllabus 2019-2020 invites everyone interested in equity to read and annotate online texts with...
Educating for Informed and Equitable Voting
This online course will focus on trends in youth voting and provide educator participants with...
Write Out 2019: Making Stories of People, Place, and Perspectives
#WriteOut with students and educators across the country. Starting Oct 13; hosted by the National...
New Toolkit Shares Best Practices for Achieving Success in Youth-Centered...
"Reclaiming Digital Futures,” a free report and associated website is available for youth organizations to...
Summer Course for Educators Committed to Improving Civic Learning
LEARN WITH MARGINAL SYLLABUS (June)—Even Cinderella Is White: (Re)Centering Black...
The authors of our June reading call out the oppressive ways our society depicts Black...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (May)—“We Are Not Dirt”: Freirean Counternarratives...
This month we spotlight youth participatory action research and the way youth writing became a...
Getting Ready for LGBTSTEM Day
How to celebrate LGBTSTEM Day, an international day celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex,...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (April): Cultivating Urban Literacies on Chicago’s...
Our April reading for Marginal Syllabus spotlights a middle school teacher’s approach to teaching through...
Talking Across Political Differences
When students engage in high-quality discussion they enjoy their classes more and are interested in...
Introducing the Teen Hangout at the Loveland Public Library
Teen Hangout, part of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, provides afterschool space for youth to...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (March)—Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using...
For March, our Marginal Syllabus reading casts a light on the ways in which books...
Online Course for Educators: Youth and Civic Media
Learn how to help students research issues they care about, engage in rich dialogue, and...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (February): When School Is Not Enough:...
Our February Marginal Syllabus reading critiques narratives of failure associated with literacy and literacy education...
LEARN with Marginal Syllabus (January): Generative Principles for Professional Learning...
Explore the experiences of three secondary English teachers who sought opportunities to support teaching for...
Transforming Library Services for and with Teens Through Continuing Education:...
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) report finds that continuing education that takes place over...