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Meet the people behind YCteen, a youth-written magazine inspiring educators throughout New York City.

Teaching Tolerance interim director Jennifer Holladay reflects on the birth of her daughter and the community she will grow up in.

When schools implement anti-bullying programs, the focus is usually centered on student-to-student bullying. However, students aren’t the only bullies in school. Teachers sometimes earn the label when they employ

The removal of Confederate statues around the United States can prompt discussions in the classroom over the nature of history and how we should remember our country’s past.

A recent Cheerios commercial reminds us of the historical roots of race in the United States. Those roots still cause social and political upset.

Human beings come in all sizes. How can educators promote health -- and size acceptance?

This toolkit for “Native Voices, Native Votes” charts a five-step plan for how educators can increase students’ knowledge about the history and current state of the Native vote.

The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grades.

Recently I suspended a seventh-grade boy for publicly calling his former girlfriend a “slut” and a “whore.” Our rules on slurs are clear. But as I learned again, talking about something in class doesn’t always affect student behavior, especially if the unwanted behavior isn’t corrected or condemned outside of the classroom.

Every marking period I contact the parents of my most remarkable students to tell them how great their kids are. I do this for a few reasons. Too often, my attention is consumed with kids who need refocusing, redirecting and all the other IEP-mandated practices teachers do anyway. But mostly I contact the remarkable students because I’ve noticed that the kids who do good work often go unacknowledged.