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April 16, 2019

An Intersectional Lesson From Reconstruction

Students and teachers pose outside the Freedmen's Bureau school in Beaufort, South Carolina.

The lessons of Reconstruction extend beyond the history classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 66, Spring 2021

Toolkit: The Foundations of Restorative Justice

Illustration of various people gathered together.

School discipline and classroom management do not have to be based in compliance. Learn more about restorative practices in this companion piece to the feature article “It Was Always About Control.”

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

Ask, Investigate and Advocate

Nefertari Yancie, Ph.D., credits her family’s commitment to asking courageous questions, seeking answers and taking action as the impetus for her career in the classroom.

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Issue 64, Spring 2020

Standing Up and Speaking Out About Gender

Sam Blanchard reminds us that no student is too young to learn to respect other people's identities.

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Issue 64, Spring 2020

What We’re Watching

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

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Issue 58, Spring 2018

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello encourages educators to confront the difficult truths of American history.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

At the end of July, a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School came through Montgomery on a regional March for Our Lives tour. Before they left Florida, they had visited every congressional district to

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

When a Student Picks Up a Book

Catherine Alene reflects on the power of positive classroom experiences for our most vulnerable learners.

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Max Altman

Max Altman is a researcher at McREL International in Honolulu who received his Ph.D. in Education Policy, Leadership and Innovation from the University of Michigan in 2017. His research interests lie in the creation of contextually relevant K–12 educational policy that reflects and supports social justice initiatives. He has taught math at the high school level and teacher education and math courses at the college level. Altman currently designs and facilitates ongoing coaching and training sessions for educational leaders and key stakeholders in island nations and U.S. territories across the

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Issue 31, Spring 2007