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Walkout in Crystal City
A former teacher from Crystal City, Texas, remembers the student walkout that helped launch the Latino civil rights movement 40 years ago.
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"We Spoke The Right Things"
A 6-year-old saw something no one else did. Her response taught the community about fairness—and the power of children’s voices.
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Something Yule Want To Do At The Holidays
I once had an elementary school teacher who tried a multicultural approach to the holiday season. She told my class about Hanukkah, which she described as being a kind of “Jewish Christmas.” This fascinated us until we discovered that the gift-giving aspect of Hanukkah was spread out over several days. As fans of Santa Claus, we couldn’t help thinking that Jewish kids must have it tough.
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To See My Students As Grains of Sand
Every school year, my incoming students receive a welcome letter. Included in their packet is something a little different: a snack-sized baggie of sand. One student may receive some black volcanic sand from Japan; another gets green sand from Hawaii; still another receives the silky sand from Florida’s west coast; while another may get the pink sand found on Bermuda’s pristine beaches.
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Durham Schools Agree to End Discriminatory Policies
We were encouraged to see that the school system in Durham, N.C., last week agreed to end discriminatory practices that prevent Latino students from receiving an adequate public education.
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Provide Accurate Information— and Dispel Misinformation
This is less about a step in the crisis-recovery process and more about your overall management of the response to an incident.
August 27, 2012
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Nurturing Optimal Classroom Community for Culturally Responsive Conflict Resolution
Students of conflict resolution laud facilitative mediation for its cultural responsiveness.
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Women’s History Month Opens Path to STEM
The theme of Women’s History Month 2013 is “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” Make March a jumping-off point for a year-long effort to invite female students into the world of STEM.
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Simple Mix Idea Brings Fun, Laughter to Lunch
At first the idea sounded too simple to be anything worthwhile. Have students sit with someone new at lunch? How much effect could that really have? After years of perusing and using Teaching Tolerance’s other resources, I finally felt compelled to try to Mix It Up.
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Issues of Poverty
“Issues of Poverty” is comprised of four lessons with two overarching goals. First, the lessons aim to help students understand that poverty is systemic, rooted in economics, politics and discrimination. Second, the lessons provide evidence to show that poverty, far from being random, disproportionately affects Americans who have traditionally experienced oppression—African Americans, Latinos, immigrants and children.
February 9, 2012