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Heat and Light
The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on recent church burnings.
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Size Bias As A Social Construction
Body image ideals, like race and gender, are social constructs that have grown out of a combination of history, politics, class, and moral values. One need look back only a few generations, or across cultures, to see
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A Teacher Who Looks Like Me
A white educator reflects on this reality: Most teachers in the United States are white, which means that many children of color don’t have academic role models who look like them.
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Teach Identity and Diversity—Even in Science Class
As Earth Day approaches, it’s a good time to think about how you approach issues of identity and diversity when it comes to the environment—regardless of the subject you teach. Here’s how one science teacher did it.
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Around the Freedom Table
Black and Jewish youths share a heritage of liberation.
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Unlocking Opportunity
How can educators and school leaders close the achievement gap for African-American girls?
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Waiting for Tiana: Prioritizing Cultural Diversity in Literature
Recalling a chance encounter with a Princess Tiana shampoo bottle led this educator to reflect on the importance of diverse children’s books.
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Premeditation and Resilience: Tulsa, Red Summer and the Great Migration
Episode 7, Season 4 Naming the 1921 Tulsa massacre a “race riot” is inaccurate. Historian David Krugler urges listeners to call this and other violent attacks what they were: premeditated attempts at ethnic cleansing
November 8, 2021
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Against the Grain
This piece is to accompany James Loewen's feature story " Getting the Civil War Right." Recently I spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution surveying 12 popular American history textbooks, learning how teachers use
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Where's George?
Primary students learn the value of questioning their social studies book.