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The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Learn the ins and outs of this award from Amy Vatne Bintliff, a 2014 awardee.

Perspectives for a Diverse America just turned one year old! Here are five things you need to know about this curriculum.

We know cliques are common in the middle grades, but don’t forget how prevalent they are in the elementary years. Here’s how one educator helped her young students understand that inclusion isn’t just “nice”—it’s fun, too!

The start of the school year is an important time to remember that names have meaning—whether they belong to monuments, mountains or to your own students.

When students take the lead in promoting friendship and inclusivity, other students take notice!

This writing teacher challenges the mistaken view that people on the autism spectrum lack emotion and empathy.

Including religious diversity in academic content lessens the threat to individual belief systems and helps students be college and career ready.

After learning that a group of mostly African-American women was removed from a wine train for allegedly being too loud, this teacher reflects on how similar dynamics affect students in classrooms.

More states are including American Indians in their mainstream curricula.

The tension between religious refusal laws and LGBTQ rights poses a classic social studies dilemma.