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March 4, 2013

Students Struggle to Fit in Small Classroom

When a conflict between students escalated to a physical level, this teacher looked at all the factors involved, including the classroom space.

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July 15, 2014

Create Safety by Modeling Vulnerability

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This teacher’s choice to be vulnerable with her students transformed the learning experience.

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for In Good Faith

This toolkit provides a lesson plan that expands students’ knowledge and understanding of the religious diversity (or lack thereof) in their city, county or state. The lesson ends with an activity around the role of interfaith coalitions in increasing religious understanding.

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April 6, 2015

Don’t Look Away From Garissa

I don’t have an answer to the question, “How should I talk to my students about Garissa?” But I have some real fears about the dangers of not contextualizing this incident.

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Religion Bullying & Bias

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October 21, 2014

Thinking Like a Mountain

A Council of All Beings is a great way to have your students develop caring attitudes toward the natural world and each other.

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Bullying & Bias

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December 17, 2015

Connecting With Students Through Dialogue

After learning an important lesson about student engagement as a classroom teacher, this teacher educator passed it on to her pre-service teachers: Focus on connecting with students versus trying to control them.

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October 2, 2014

Educating Coworkers on Anti-bias Topics

How do you encourage colleagues to participate in sustained conversations about justice, equity and tolerance?

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July 23, 2015

Making the Space for Social Justice

This teacher believes tackling social justice issues adds something to her students’ lives—and requires more than occasional treatment.

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Issue 49, Spring 2015

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello reminds us that storytelling can conquer fears.

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Dr. Shantá R. Robinson

Dr. Shantá R. Robinson holds a B.A. in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and an M.A. in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in educational studies at the University of Michigan, where she specialized in the sociology of education; qualitative methodologies; and issues of race, class and access in secondary schooling. She began her professional career as a high school history teacher in Charlotte. Robinson’s research interests include the role of social identity in marginalized students’ educational

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