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Issue 33, Spring 2008

Opening Doors on the Border

Innovative programs for migrant students prove the payoff of making parents partners in classroom learning.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 33, Spring 2008

Art Makes All Things Better

In Tucson, guest artists help refugee students connect throughout the learning process.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 32, Fall 2007

'Why Do They Always Do Outside Work?'

A couple of immigrants with their son look at the Statue of Liberty at distance

Talking to kids about immigrant stereotypes.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 29, Spring 2006

Escuela de la frontera (Border School)

A small Catholic school and its students grapple with life and learning in the shadow of two nations.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 28, Fall 2005

A Note to Young Immigrants

Teaching Tolerance illustration with yellow birds on a tree and only one red bird

Mitali Perkins explores the bittersweet aspects of immigration.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 28, Fall 2005

Crossing Borders/Border Crossings

Teaching Tolerance illustration of student with head down at his desk

The depth and clarity of a teacher's multicultural lens can make — or break — immigrant students' ability to learn.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 18, Fall 2000

Stories Waiting to be Told

Refugee students find their voices.

Topic

Immigration

Issue 15, Spring 1999

Follow the Stream

Schools foster a sense of belonging and achievement in the nomadic lives of migrant students.

Topic

Immigration

December 10, 2019

How Did Sugar Feed Slavery?

1858 engraving of enslaved people working in the sugar cane fields of the British West Indes, Lordprice Collection/Alamy Stock Photo.

In this inquiry, middle-school students explore the economic and human consequences of European sugar consumption during the era of the transatlantic slave trade.

Topic

Slavery

Issue 3, Fall 2022

Community Organizing Uplifts Immigrant Students

Illustration of various people being held up by a hand.

Tapping into their own agency and communities, immigrant students and their families are finding ways to mitigate serious obstacles.

Topic

Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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