This toolkit distills information from “Closed for Business” into nine questions (to ask and answer) about school closures. Integrate these questions into your next discussion about education reform.
Perhaps you’ve been wondering about the long hair of the Sikh student in your classroom. Or maybe you’ve joined debates about whether your Sikh student can carry a sword in the classroom. Perhaps you’ve mistaken your Sikh student for a Muslim all along. To help prevent misunderstandings in your school, here are some facts to know about Sikhs.
As teachers, our open discussion of tragedies like Sandy Hook is something we can do, today, that will contribute to clear thinking and ethical pedagogy.
This online sidebar accompanies the Teaching Tolerance article " Possession Obsession." Anna Sanchez (not her real name), 19, wishes her school had taught that control can signal abuse rather than love. At age 13, she
It started as a series of Instagram posts; then it became a downloadable workbook. Now, the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge is reaching the mainstream—and creator Layla F. Saad hopes all teachers with white privilege will find the courage to take it.