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May 10, 2018

Classroom Mindfulness in Real Life: A Portrait

TT Grants coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt talked with elementary educator Kristie Burnett, who models mindfulness and brings meditative practices to the students in her third-grade classroom in upstate New York.

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May 9, 2018

Appreciation for My Fellow Teachers

Teacher Appreciation | Tetra Images/Dissolve | Teaching Tolerance

This Teacher Appreciation Week, educator Jamilah Pitts shares some love for you, her fellow teachers.

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for ‘The Opioid Crisis’ and Trauma-Sensitive Practices

Students who experience trauma often exhibit behaviors we associate with defiance, indifference or attention-deficit disorders. This toolkit and additional resources can help us overcome those assumptions and respond to such behaviors in trauma-sensitive ways.

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

The Opioid Crisis

Addiction can suffocate a community—especially its youngest members. But schools that employ trauma-informed practices are giving childhood victims of the opioid epidemic a fighting chance.

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Access for All

With the help of a Teaching Tolerance Educator Grant, this teacher created a space where DeafBlind students could be themselves and teach the larger school community about DeafBlindness.

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Ability

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

(In)Visible Identity

Invisibly Identity Illustrated by Vish Singh | TT59 Summer 2018 Magazine

Sikhs have been in the United States for more than 125 years, but our collective lack of knowledge about this religious group is leaving Sikh students vulnerable.

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for “Be Your Own Historian”

Teach and learn about the Reconstruction era with resources—including videos, texts, lessons and a unit plan—from Facing History and Ourselves.

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May 7, 2018

Announcing Our Diverse Democracy Grants

We’re excited to announce that this summer, TT is funding projects that will help students become empowered voting advocates in their communities.

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Rights & Activism

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May 3, 2018

Why We Walked: A Letter to Our Future Educators

Colorado Teacher Walkout | Photo by Hayley Breden

This Colorado teacher wants future educators to know that educators in her state aren’t walking out because they hate their jobs. They’re walking out because they love them.

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Rights & Activism

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May 1, 2018

How We Choose to Remember

Suspended columns at the Memorial for Peace and Justice

TT Teaching and Learning Specialist Lauryn Mascareñaz reflects on her visit to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a necessary space that speaks to our nation’s need to confront its racial history.

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