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Cheerios Expands the View of Family
General Mills recently ran an ad for Cheerios cereal featuring an interracial couple and their child. This is cause for celebration and an opportunity to help students explore race and expand media literacy. Unfortunately, not all viewers saw it that way.
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Quiet in the Classroom
Introverts are often pushed to be talkative and outgoing. Doing so devalues their identities.
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The Ripple Effect

Meet the people behind YCteen, a youth-written magazine inspiring educators throughout New York City.
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Nativism and the Know-Nothings
In this essay, the author describes the Nativism movement, capturing the ways in which it dips and surges based on immigration cycles.
June 20, 2016
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What We're Reading
For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.
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Political Discussion Belongs in Our Classroom
I was excited by my lesson plan about the presidential elections. I planned to help students research issues and form opinions by guiding them through a variety of perspectives. Then my student teacher asked a question that surprised me. “Do you ever have parents complain about elections being discussed in school?” he wanted to know. “Why would they?” I asked.
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Set in Stone

How do monuments that venerate individuals who promoted hate and bigotry affect our efforts to create a more tolerant society?
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When Bad Things Are Happening

When news breaks of disaster or violence, your students may want to discuss a crisis as it unfolds. Here’s how.
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Charlottesville Roundup: Lessons to Use in Your Classroom Today

In response to the recent events in Charlottesville, Teaching Tolerance teamed up with several organizations to support educators as they return to the classroom. The result was a powerful webinar and this collection of resources.