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American Educator, Winter 2022-2023

Volume 46, no. 4

Where We Stand: Freeing Our Kids from Fear—and Helping Them Recover and Thrive

Randi Weingarten

Share My Lesson: Building Successful Community Schools

Too Many, Too Young

Why Teachers Are Unifying to End Gun Violence
Abbey Clements, Sarah Lerner, Sari Beth Rosenberg

Keeping Students Safe from Gun Violence

The Everytown Gun Safety Support Fund

Lift Every Voice

Valuing Black Language and Culture in Classrooms
Anne H. Charity Hudley, Christine Mallinson, Rachel Samuels, Kimberly Bigelow

Recruiting the Talent Within

Philadelphia's Paraprofessional-to-Teacher Pipeline
LeShawna Coleman, Gemayel Keyes

The Teachers Our Students Need

Cultivating Dedicated Professionals
The AFT Teacher and School Staff Shortage Task Force

Reclaiming the Promise

Union Advocacy for Paraprofessional-to-Teacher Pathways
Nick Juravich

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn?

Daniel T. Willingham

What We're Reading: The Enduring Impact of Housing Segregation on School Funding