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Rerouting Shortcuts
Cognitive shortcuts can lead to stereotyping and biased behavior. Here are some suggestions on how to “reroute” these shortcuts.
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Hate Speech Overheard
When students see you ignore hateful language, they are learning an important lesson—and not the kind you want them to learn.
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Are Your Students Prisoners?
How educators talk about school climate can play an important role in how students feel about school.
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The Next Comics Revolution
A real-life superhero shares his thoughts on the need for diversity in comics.
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Teaching Students About Historical Significance
How can educators push their students to think past a static understanding of history in developmentally appropriate ways? This teacher offers some insights from his classroom.
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Involving Students in School Improvement
How can educators enfranchise student voices for school improvement? A free toolkit—Speak Out, Listen Up!—offers some try-tomorrow strategies.
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Building Empathy With ‘Miss Peregrine’s’
This after-school educator developed a creative set of discussion questions and prompts to help students talk about empathy. Her tools? A young adult novel, the Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework and Perspectives for a Diverse America.
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So Fake
A statement from a student about people “being fake” prompted this afterschool educator to talk openly about her own experiences with friendship and identity.
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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.