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Announcing The Children's March
A new film from Teaching Tolerance shows youth have the power to change the world.
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Why I Teach: A Poem
For National Poetry Month, we departed from our typical prose-only style to present this special Why I Teach column.
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Toolkit for Picture Imperfect
Racial inequity, gender stereotypes and heternormity continue to dominate children’s books. This toolkit will help you assess your classroom library and make future selections that reflect a range of cultures, genders, immigration and socio-economic statuses, sexual orientations and family structures.
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We Must Persevere
Recently, the Supreme Court rendered a decision that makes school integration far more difficult. Civil rights leader Julian Bond responds.
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Seeing the Whole Child
Learn how principal Susan Weinman embraces the whole child.
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Dialogue Across Difference
Dialogue skills can develop foundational capacity for civic engagement and collective action to strengthen our democracy. The heart of dialogue is not in speaking to convince but rather in active listening and questioning to understand one another.
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Media Literacy Is Crucial for Making Informed Decisions
Media stories about the state of public education abound. So how do we make decisions and engage in critical conversations about the future of our public schools and society? We must be discerning about the information around us. Thinking about what information is provided, the source, why a story is developed, and whose perspective is represented and whose is missing can be valuable in evaluating accuracy and reliability and in understanding the intent behind media information.
- Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
- Teaching Mindful Media Consumption
- The Mind Online Podcast
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Who Claims Me?
In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”
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Toolkit: Peace-Building Circles
Transforming discipline practices requires commitment to processes that strengthen relationships among individuals and connections within communities.