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As an antidote to implicit bias and stereotype threat, educators can build identity-safe classrooms and schools.

When two American Studies teachers combined their classes to discuss school integration, they fostered a depth of learning they never anticipated.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Use this opportunity to engage your students in upending rape culture and preventing sexual assault all year.

When we talk about devoting so many minutes to each subject in a school day, we need to make time for students to communicate about what really matters to them.

How can educators tackle stereotypes that negatively influence classroom performance? Here are some suggestions from the director of Not In Our School.

I don’t have an answer to the question, “How should I talk to my students about Garissa?” But I have some real fears about the dangers of not contextualizing this incident.

This educator reflects on a blog she wrote for Teaching Tolerance in 2014—and finds herself confronting the same misperceptions from others about her culture and worldview.

Do you ever struggle to create a quick lesson about a current event? This teacher offers strategies to do it well.

From Selma to Ferguson and beyond, implicit bias has been at play. But educators can take steps to understand this bias and move toward solutions.

What do you do when anti-bias teaching strategies are derailed by real, in-the-moment fears? See how one educator responded to Islamophobia in her classroom.