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Standing Up for the Undocumented
Teachers, principals and school districts nationwide are grappling with how to respond to the increase in deportations and heightened fears of students and families.
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Starving Schools to Feed Privatization
President Trump’s budget proposal uses the pretense of civil rights to further his school choice agenda—at the expense of research-based public school programming.
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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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Teaching Courage in a Postmodern World
Students need historic context to connect activism of the past to social issues in the present.
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Complexities of Complexion…Revisited
This educator reflects on a blog she wrote for Teaching Tolerance in 2014—and finds herself confronting the same misperceptions from others about her culture and worldview.
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Rerouting Shortcuts
Cognitive shortcuts can lead to stereotyping and biased behavior. Here are some suggestions on how to “reroute” these shortcuts.
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Seven Native American Films for High School Teachers
Films are a dynamic way to incorporate accurate instruction and promote cultural awareness of contemporary Native American experiences. Check out this recommended list.
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Word Work
Making Words
Making Words is a hands-on activity in which students learn how adding and moving letters can create new words.
July 19, 2014
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Community Inquiry
Brain Share
During Brain Share, small groups of students rotate through stations, discussing and recording concepts from central texts. This strategy is a modified combination of gallery walks and jigsaw.
July 13, 2014
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20 Years of Change
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello looks back on our 20th birthday.