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August 22, 2012

Hooray for LGBT Allies

After the Southern Poverty Law Center responded to a plea for help from students in Savannah, Tenn., we’re happy to report that students successfully wore pro-LGBT slogans at school last week without resistance and with mostly positive responses from classmates.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Issue 51, Fall 2015

What We're Reading

Teaching Tolerance loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite diverse books for diverse readers and educators.

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May 28, 2015

The Educator in the Mirror

Being an effective ally for all students means honestly examining your practice as an educator.

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

Teaching About Identity in Spanish Class

Spanish classes are the perfect place to help students develop cultural competence.

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May 17, 2017

Years After Brown, the Battle for Integration Continues

The Brown decision represents a symbol of the country we still seek to become.

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Rights & Activism

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Girls’ Attitudes About STEM Careers: Similarities and Differences Among Race/Ethnic Groups

This lesson presents excerpts from a recent Girl Scouts Research Institute study showing girls may be more interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers than previously thought. Students compare and contrast white, African-American and Hispanic girls’ perceptions of STEM fields.

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6-8 9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Reading & Language Arts

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Science & Health

April 6, 2012

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

A Second Revolution

This piece is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Getting the Civil War Right." Some historians have called the period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War the "second American Revolution" and the 13th

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Issue 2, Spring 2022

From Slavery to School Discipline

Illustration of eyes peering from behind bars shaped like pencils.

Envisioning schools that affirm and protect Black students means reckoning with a long history of racist punishment.

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November 10, 2015

Moving Toward Allyship: Mizzou as an Example

Allyship cannot involve checklists. According to this white educator, “The walk—the movement toward allyship—is ongoing.”

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Rights & Activism

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February 10, 2014

Telling the Story of Privilege

The new issue of Teaching Tolerance is packed with advice for teaching this tough subject.

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