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Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D.

Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D., is a professor of international and multicultural education at the University of San Francisco, where she directs the M.A. program in human rights education. She has authored multiple books, including the award-winning Schooling for Social Change: The Rise and Impact of Human Rights Education in India (Bloomsbury, 2012), as well as numerous articles. Bajaj has also developed curriculum—particularly related to peace education, human rights, anti-bullying efforts and sustainability—for nonprofit organizations and inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO

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March 30, 2020

A More Complete Women’s History

Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing in front of a microphone.

Go beyond “famous firsts” and teach about the many ways women show up in the world.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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July 16, 2020

Confronting the Weaponization of Whiteness in Classrooms

A group of educators speaking to each other.

As viral racist incidents quickly disappear from public discourse, we challenge white teachers to keep those moments top of mind and reflect on their own biased behaviors in classrooms.

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An Outrage

This film takes viewers to the very communities where heinous acts of violence took place, offering a painful look back at lives lost to lynching and a critical look forward. (Available for streaming only)

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9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Social Studies

Civics

History

Geography

September 11, 2017

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

And the Winners Are...

Lightbulbs drawn in yellow and white chalk on a chalkboard.

Meet the recipients of the 2018 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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October 31, 2018

“I See New York City as a Classroom”

Grantee spotlight with Abby MacPhail in New York City.

TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. School Programs Coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Abby MacPhail about her project training students to become photojournalists of housing injustice in New York City.

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Class Rights & Activism

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

End Poverty. PERIOD.

Breanna and Brooke Bennett, student activists and founders of Women in Training, explain the impetus for their work to provide free menstrual products to all menstruating students.

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Issue 26, Fall 2004

Art Fosters Healing

This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." Upon hearing of the Columbine High School tragedy, Virginia Wright-Frierson was affected as a mother and an artist. Further, her cousin, Ellin Hayes

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 20, Fall 2001

The Straight Story

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

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February 5, 2010

Charter Schools: Resegregating America?

Are charter schools helping to resegregate public schools? A just-released study states flatly that they are.

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Rights & Activism

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