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A Roadmap for Talking About Gender in the Classroom

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Jon Strelecki
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Tom Luljak and Kim Cosier

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If you think the public dialogue over gay marriage, gender change and sexism is challenging, imagine what it is like for a school teacher to deal with those topics when youngsters in their classroom begin asking questions.

How does a teacher handle topics that many adults have a tough time with?

On this edition of UWM Today, meet a UWM professor who has developed a book that is giving teachers a roadmap to talk about hot button issues like sexuality.

Kim Cosier is the associate dean of the Peck School of the Arts and a professor of art education and an editor of a new handbook, titled Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality.

Tom Luljak hosted UWM Today on WUWM for more than two decades and is the inaugural host of Curious Campus.