Maureen Costello, retired director of Teaching Tolerance, has been a teacher and educational leader for over 40 years. Before joining the Southern Poverty Law Center, Costello worked for Scholastic, Inc. and directed the Newsweek Education Program. She began her career as a history and economics teacher at Notre Dame Academy High School in Staten Island. Throughout her career, Costello has been committed to fostering the ideals of democracy and citizenship in young people. She is a graduate of the New School University and the New York University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. In retirement, she continues to write and speak on education issues.
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Articles by Maureen
A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello implores educators to pass on these lessons of love in the face of hate.
Bomb Threats: “Why Is This Happening to Us?”
Teaching Tolerance’s director reflects on what to tell children about the most recent wave of bomb threats against Jewish spaces.
“That Part’s Not True”
Many teachers in the United States will include a lesson on Emmett Till as an introduction to the civil rights movement or as part of their Black History Month plans. This year, it’s time to modify the lesson.
Executive Orders and Checks and Balances
Looking for straightforward information about executive orders to share with your students? Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello breaks it down.
Teaching the Unteachable
How do you teach current events in a highly politicized climate in which facts have alternate versions and newspaper editors have worn out the thesaurus looking up synonyms for lie?