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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Jazz Jennings

Jazz Jennings is an author and advocate for LGBTQ people. In 2016, at only 16 years old, she published her memoir, Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen, now read in many schools across the country.

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Reel Life

Make the foreign familiar with films from around the globe.

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Race & Ethnicity Religion Gender & Sexual Identity

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May 13, 2016

Dear Colleagues, You Need to Ensure Transgender Students’ Rights

A new directive on transgender students, issued today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, applies to all public schools.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello advises educators not to shy away from teaching this election.

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Eileen Mattingly

Eileen Mattingly has been a classroom teacher (middle school through college) in the Philippines, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland for over 30 years. She has a B.A. in International Studies from Georgetown University, M.A. degrees from St. John’s University and the Johns Hopkins University. Eileen has been a curriculum consultant for PBS, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Learning. She served as Director of World Wise Schools, the National Peace Corps’ K-12 program on cross-cultural education, and was founding principal of an independent high school focusing on

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Online Exclusive! "Becoming Joey"

How can a student begin the walk to school with one name and arrive with another? Hear the story of "Becoming Joey," a poem by Paul Gorski, read by Gabriela Bovea.

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Immigration

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

What We're Watching

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

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May 11, 2016

Four Strategies for Building Relationships With Students

Building relationships with students sometimes takes a back seat to achieving passing test scores. That doesn’t have to be the case, according to this sixth-grade teacher.

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Emma Coombs

Emma Coombs is a sixth-grade teacher for Fredericksburg City Schools in Virginia.

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Issue 53, Summer 2016

Toolkit for "Teaching at the Intersections"

This toolkit for “Teaching at the Intersections” provides anti-bias essential questions and readings from Perspectives for a Diverse America that can be used to build student understanding of intersectionality in grades K-12.

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