“Marine Corporal Jeremy Dobbins returned to Dayton, Ohio, from duty in Afghanistan with an 80% disability rating and issues with anger. Trained in service to others, veterans often resist the idea that they themselves need help and they have difficulty with sharing their war experiences with family and friends. An oral history project at Wright State University is giving Jeremy and other young veterans a chance to help older veterans recover their stories of war, and to come to terms with their own.”
This curated reading list gives educators and students an opportunity to explore the themes of the 2019 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action through picture books, poetry, non-fiction essays and literature.
Trying to reconcile education and the world we currently inhabit has led one teacher to shift the focus of his teaching to nurturing active participants in a diverse democracy.
In this Q&A, Stephanie Jones—a professor of educational theory and practice—answers questions about how socioeconomic class manifests in schools, class-sensitive pedagogy and more.
About Teaching Tolerance A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance (TT) offers a broad range of free materials for K–12 educators. The project’s best-known product may be its magazine, published