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Showing Students and Families You Care
In the event of a tragedy, teachers can make powerful connections with students and families by showing they care.
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‘Usually Offensive’
red·skin \ˈred-ˌskin\(noun) usually offensive : American IndianNote the “usually offensive” — a warning from one of the more neutral arbitrators of American English, Merriam-Webster. “Redskin” is a pejorative term, and should be used with caution, if at all.
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Toolkit for Meet the Mix it Up at Lunch Day Model Schools
Build collaboration and teach goal setting with these Mix planning tools.
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Proposed Bill: An Ethnic Studies Ban "on Steroids"
Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.
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Brain Game Time!
Game time is being cut in exchange for increased direct instruction time in reading and mathematics. But research shows that games actually nourish the brain—and one teacher uses them daily in her classroom.
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Why I Teach: A Poem
For National Poetry Month, we departed from our typical prose-only style to present this special Why I Teach column.
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Portfolio Activities for “Healing Touch: Susie King Taylor—Civil War Teacher and Nurse”
Grades: 4-8 Subjects: Social Studies, Reading and Language Arts, ELL/ESL Categories: Race and ethnicity; History Story Corner is a student-directed feature in Teaching Tolerance magazine. In the current issue, we tell
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Toolkit for “I thought about quitting today…”
There are positive and negative effects from working in a helping profession like education. This toolkit aids educators in the exploration of the fatigue, burnout and even the trauma they may experience when helping students who are suffering.
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A Backlash Against Arab Americans
In this essay, the author details how tension built and violence erupted—specifically against Muslim Americans—in the days following the September 11th attacks.
June 20, 2016
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