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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.

We rush to identify, punish and isolate the racists—like members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity—without scrutinizing racism.

How is a Perspectives learning plan different from traditional lesson plans?

This teacher is often asked, “Why can’t you let ‘social justice’ go?” Here’s her answer.

Girls are more likely to have low self-esteem than boys, and what happens during classroom discussions can play a role, for better or worse.

How to teach students to respectfully engage with peers of differing religious belief systems.