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TT Awardee Spotlight: Amber Strong Makaiau
The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching closes on December 15. Read how this award has impacted Amber Strong Makaiau, a 2011 awardee.
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Understanding Jim Crow
In this transcript, David Cunningham, a prominent professor of sociology, discusses the emergence of Jim Crow laws and their legal and cultural power.
November 3, 2015
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Overcoming Cultural Gaps and Digital Divides
Teacher-librarian Amy Hamrick found out the hard way why it’s important to learn about students’ many cultures.
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Social Media in the Schoolhouse
Twitter, Google Docs and their cousins shrink the spaces between cultures even as they expand the reach of a typical classroom. How can you use them to promote social justice?
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Centering Student Experiences
When asking students to explore issues of personal and social identity, teachers must help establish braver spaces where students are seen, valued, cared for, respected, and have opportunities to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.
May 26, 2023
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Segregation by Design
Our national understanding of segregation is incomplete unless we face the history of residential redlining. Richard Rothstein, author of 'Color of Law,' explains why.
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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)
September 11, 2017
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A Teacher’s Letter to President Trump
This elementary school teacher hopes that the president can visit her school to see and learn about a different strategy for keeping our children safe.
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The Benefits of Blended Learning
Blended learning can transform a classroom and give a diverse range of students the support they need to thrive in school.