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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts Categories: History As this Teaching Tolerance story tells us, it’s important to study history—in particular first-hand documents—so that we can continue

Sometimes teaching at my magnet arts school in Alabama, I can imagine the worst days of racism and intolerance are behind us. Most of the roughly 500 students have genuine, deep friendships across racial lines and very rarely do the old racist memes and tropes raise their ugly heads.

Leslie, a 38-year-old social worker who counsels children with stressful life situations, found her 4-year-old daughter, Sophia, engaged in animated play with her dolls. She watched incredulously as Sophia invited the four white dolls with blonde hair to a tea party while the dark-skinned doll with black hair lay alone across the room.

The right to education should never be suspended. This toolkit for "Flagler County: A Case for Suspension Abolition," an A-to-Z list, will help you ensure your students are not deprived of learning opportunities.

Be prepared for whatever this year holds with these Teaching Tolerance materials.

Yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision could transform the lives of millions of children with disabilities. So why aren’t we talking about it?

This past spring, one of my friends at Hardin County High School in Savannah, Tenn. wore a T-shirt on the Day of Silence – a national observance to raise awareness of anti-gay bullying and harassment. Her shirt displayed the slogan, "Lesbian and Proud."

School policies that protect LGBT educators pave the way for more honest teacher-student relationships.

PD Café offers professional development activities to complete alone or with colleagues.

This toolkit for “A Case for Acculturation” offers some PD and classroom strategies aimed to help immigrant students feel welcome, valued and safe at school.