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When this teacher, then a closeted lesbian, heard her students using the word gay negatively, she had to choose between playing it safe and genuinely fostering an inclusive classroom culture.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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September 4, 2014

The Making of Beautiful People

Children are susceptible to superficial notions of beauty, but this teacher believes the real purpose of education is to give them a different message.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 5, Fall 2023

A Time of Transformation and Possibility

The United States has championed human rights around the globe but needs to consistently ensure those protections domestically.

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Emily is an elementary school educator. She worked for 4 years with abused and neglected children in a residential setting before becoming a school counselor in the Brighton 27J school district, where she has been employed for the past seven years.

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Gale Bournazian-Ybarra

Gale Bournazian-Ybarra has been an educator for 23 years; as a 7th- and 8th-grade teacher in California and as a coordinator/team manager in creative problem solving organizations, for high school and middle school students, in California and Georgia.

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July 27, 2017

Lost in Translation

This piece accompanies the Teaching Tolerance feature story " Lonely Language Learners?" Just after 8 o'clock on a rainy April morning, teacher Helen Reid greets three of her students, none of whom has been in the U.S

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