Schools/Education Archives - Page 9 of 39

Department of Defense Program Launches New Childcare Course on Gender Safe Spaces

May 4, 2018

The Trump administration continues to push for banning some, if not all, transgender people from the military, despite all four service chiefs asserting that the presence of transgender troops has caused no harm. At the same time, one Department of Defense program has launched a new professional development course for staff at military-affiliated childcare centers and youth programs on how to create safe, inclusive spaces for gender-expansive and LGBTQ children.

More States Seeking to Add LGBTQ History, People, to Curriculum

April 24, 2018

Both Massachusetts and Illinois have recently taken steps towards including the history and achievements of LGBTQ people—and the authentic telling of their lives—in the states’ education curricula.

17 Minutes of Silence

March 14, 2018

Students around the country are organizing walkouts and other observances at 10:00 a.m. ET today to honor the victims of gun violence and stress the need for stricter gun control laws. As parents, we need to listen to and support them. Here are a few resources to help.

Watch: Stoneman Douglas GSA Honored: “Loud and Proud and Laser-Focused on Calling B.S.”

March 12, 2018

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School GSA, along with its president, Emma Gonzalez, were honored atÂ Equality Florida’s 2018 Miami Gala last Saturday for their work against gun violence in the wake of the tragic shooting at the school last month. Listen to Gonzalez’s remarks.

No-Name Calling Week: A Time to Celebrate Kindness

January 17, 2018

It’s GLSEN’s annual No Name-Calling Week, a time to focus on ending name-calling and bullying in schools and promoting #KindnessInAction. Somehow, it seems more relevant than ever.

Two Cool Ways Canada Is Supporting Queer Families

December 19, 2017

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made headlines by marching in Pride parades—but here are two ways Canadian provinces are supporting queer families (among others) through actual policies: Ontario now recognizes up to four co-parents, and Quebec will introduce discussion of different family types, including same-sex couples, to its mandatory sex education curriculum.

Groundbreaking Director of Films on Lesbian Parenting and LGBTQ Inclusion in Schools Dies at 60

November 10, 2017

Debra Chasnoff, the Academy Award-winning film director of Choosing Children, about the first generation of out lesbian moms, and a number of award-winning LGBTQ-inclusive educational films, has died at the age of 60 from breast cancer.

California Approves LGBT-Inclusive Textbooks for K-8 Classrooms

November 10, 2017

Great news out of California: The state Board of Education yesterday evening approved 10 LGBT-inclusive history and social studies textbooks to be used in K-8 classrooms–and rejected two that excluded LGBT people.

Know Your Classmates Day Works to Bridge Differences in Middle School

October 20, 2017

Following right after yesterday’s anti-bullyingÂ Spirit DayÂ is the synergisticÂ National Know Your Classmates Day, an initiative aimed at ending social isolation, nurturing healthy relationships, and addressingÂ fear of differences among middle school students. Over 850 schools across the country are taking part this year.

Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmatic, and Resistance: Back-to-School Time in the Trump Era

September 12, 2017

My son is starting high school this fall, which I find hard to believe—it seems like just yesterday that I was driving him to preschool. This year feels different for other reasons, too. Last year, we headed into school time with the assumption that progress towards LGBTQ equality and inclusion in education would continue with little hindrance. This year, however, the pall of federal actions against LGBTQ students, particularly transgender ones, hangs heavy over all of us.