Issue 62, Summer 2019

Cover of the Summer 2019 Issue of 'Teaching Tolerance' Magazine, featuring an illustrated lighthouse whose lights are comprised of hashtag symbols.

For this issue’s cover story, TT Senior Writer Cory Collins caught up with some of our Twitter and Instagram favorites to talk about the ways educators of color are building community online. In “Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media,” learn how these dedicated educators are carving out PD spaces that speak to their concerns—especially when traditional, white-centered spaces don’t want to go there.

But don’t stop there. Read on for stories about how educators are using podcasts in their classrooms and how a viral Instagram challenge got people reflecting on white supremacy. Or learn about the offline world—like what we really need to understand about trauma-informed pedagogy, how one school managed to disassemble student tracking, what Robin DiAngelo has to say about white fragility, and how you can try process drama in your class to encourage inquiry and student investment.

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Illustration of a lighthouse shining a light made up of hashtag symbols.

Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media

How social justice educators are using social media to find support, a platform and PD.

Issue 62, Summer 2019

Students of St. Joseph High School gathered in front of burned Mosque in solidarity.

The Walk of Love

When the arson of a local mosque rattled the small town of Victoria, Texas, students led an effort to unite the entire community.

Students of BSU gathered together for a group shot.

Designing Their Own Black Future

How Black students in a predominately white town are using their voices to lift their community.

What’s My Complicity? Talking White Fragility With Robin DiAngelo

For well-intentioned white people doing anti-racist and social justice work, the first meaningful step is to recognize their fragility around racial issues—and build their emotional stamina. 'White Fragility' author Robin DiAngelo breaks it down.

White person with blonde hair looking at different angles of themselves.

You and White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators

It started as a series of Instagram posts; then it became a downloadable workbook. Now, the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge is reaching the mainstream—and creator Layla F. Saad hopes all teachers with white privilege will find the courage to take it.

Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media

How social justice educators are using social media to find support, a platform and PD.

Illustration of a lone young person in the dark looking out a window.

When Schools Cause Trauma

Trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed schools are spreading around the country. But if they don’t start with how schools themselves can induce trauma, they won’t work.

The word "Slavery" being painted over by white paint and white painter.

Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature

Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?

Illustration of an open book where one of the pages is set up in the style of a podcast episode player.

The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice

More and more educators are turning to podcasts to bring new ideas, arguments and voices into their classrooms.

Collage of locations and people having to do with Stonewall.

Teaching Stonewall

Stonewall’s history remains largely forgotten—and unknown among young people. In the cultural imagination, it remains shrouded in myth. But the true Stonewall story can be taught. Here’s how—and why.

Illustration of students having a discussion with a teacher seated near a blackboard.

A Different Kind of Pedagogy

Process drama, which encourages students to play with inquiry, brings content to life for students. Here’s how it looked in one high school classroom in Ohio.

Illustration of students being funneled down two different paths.

Getting on the Right Track: How One School Stopped Tracking Students

Tracking and ability grouping remain common practices in schools across the country despite research showing these practices contribute to segregated classes and opportunity gaps. In Walla Walla, Washington, a group of educators decided to try something different.

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Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media

The Walk of Love

Designing Their Own Black Future

What’s My Complicity? Talking White Fragility With Robin DiAngelo

You and White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators

Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media

When Schools Cause Trauma

Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature

The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice

Teaching Stonewall

A Different Kind of Pedagogy

Getting on the Right Track: How One School Stopped Tracking Students

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