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July 30, 2018

Culturally Inclusive Cooking Club

Creating a cohesive community from disparate parent groups around a great unifier: food.

Topic

Immigration

June 20, 2018

The Words “We” Use for “The Other”

Child looking out onto the countryside, silhouetted in window

Too often, teachers present geographically distant regions—and the people who live in them—as “other.” Here’s how you can avoid doing so.

Topic

Religion Immigration

June 19, 2018

Teaching on the Border

Little girl separated at United States border | Image by John Moore

As children are separated from their parents along our southern border, one teacher considers our responsibility to help.

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

May 30, 2018

Learning When to Listen

One teacher explains the value of knowing when to identify with your students when they tell you about their lives—and when to be quiet and listen.

Topic

Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

May 17, 2018

"The President Said...": Why Context Matters

Immigrant families and allies gather behind a sign that reads, "Keep our families together."

It'd be easy for educators to ignore the president's latest comments about undocumented immigrants. Here's why they shouldn't.

Topic

Immigration

April 11, 2018

Educators Resist East Tennessee ICE Raid

Local school, church and nonprofit staff members gathered to protest an immigration raid at a local meat packing plant—and to support the children of detained workers.

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

March 1, 2018

We Rest Our Case: American Slavery Is Widely Mistaught

Abolitionists William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Loyd Garrison, unidentified male and female slaves, and Black Union soldiers in front of American flag

After hearing from skeptics about our Teaching Hard History report findings, TT Director Maureen Costello came across striking new evidence that the project is necessary.

Topic

Slavery

February 14, 2018

“All Our Terrible and Beautiful History”: Teach American History as a Human Story

Professor David W. Blight, director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, explains why prevailing American historical narratives necessitate Teaching Tolerance's Teaching Hard History report and recommendations.

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Slavery Rights & Activism

February 2, 2018

The Election, One Year Later: Struggling With Critical Conversations at a Midwestern High School

In the fall of 2016, anthropologist Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong was observing students and educators at a high school when the presidential election took place. This winter, she followed up to see what had changed in the last year.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

January 31, 2018

The Election, One Year Later: Life Goes On at an East Coast Middle School

When anthropologist Alexandra Freidus was observing students and educators at an East Coast middle school in fall 2016, she got to see how the presidential election affected them. She followed up with them a year later.

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Religion Immigration Rights & Activism

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