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Post Election: Don’t Neglect Those Emotions
Empowering students and teachers with the skills of emotional intelligence can help create a more compassionate and just society.
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Open Students’ Minds With Poetry 180
Through his experience at a poetry festival, one teacher realized how daily poetry readings could offer students a glimpse into a variety of experiences.
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A (Not So) Simple Trick
In the wake of the election results, one teacher tries to help students reflect clearly on the voters who decided the election—and to maintain hope.
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School Administrators: Are You Ready?
Nearly a week after the election, school leaders around the country are confronting increasingly volatile school environments. Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello offers several suggestions for how to keep schools safe.
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Life After Diversity Training
When the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights mandated diversity trainings for this school district, everyone pulled together to make some serious changes for the better.
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It’s Not “Just a Joke”
A recent news segment offers a great lesson in privilege and the dangerous social function of humor based on identity.
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Discovering My Identity
In this lesson, students will describe aspects of their identities such as race, gender, ability, religion and more. Then after exploring Marley Dias' Black Girls Books campaign, students will analyze book illustrations and write their own book review noting how characters are similar and different from them.
October 6, 2016
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Studying Gender Roles in Literature and Life
Examining “classic” literature presents the opportunity for a fascinating study in historical gender roles, but a comparison with today’s media can help students uncover shocking similarities.
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Counselors, Not Cops
Yesterday, the Dignity in Schools Campaign released a policy platform that calls for the end of police presence in schools.