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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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Bringing 9/11 Into the Classroom—10 Years Later
My son was a 16-year-old high school junior on 9/11/2001. He could see the twin towers burning a few miles across the harbor from his school in Staten Island, N.Y. Across the country, other students watched the images on television, either as they were happening or later, as they looped endlessly on cable news.
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Why Women’s History Month Matters in 2016
Women’s History Month is a crucial time to remind the nation and the world of women’s important work and the barriers that exist to full gender equality.
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'Tis the Season: Christianity and Jesus in Black and White
What message does a white Jesus send to Christians who are not white?
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Supporting LGBTQ Youth in the Wake of Suicide
We all have a responsibility to educate, counsel, organize and demonstrate so that no LGBTQ youth feels life is not worth living.
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Making “A Place in the Middle” in Every Classroom
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Hamer shares how his documentary A Place in the Middle, co-directed with Joe Wilson, can help students see the value of inclusion, the power of cultural heritage and their ability to create a more positive school climate.
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Dockery: The Life and Times of Oliver Hart Dockery—A Colored Narrative
An excerpted biography of a colonel from 1888 that shows how views about race evolved for some while racism persisted.
December 14, 2017
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Creating and Upholding Just Systems
Social justice leadership includes regularly assessing and improving systems and structures that promote student well-being and equity—in both experiences and outcomes.
May 26, 2023
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Heavy Topics, Strong Classrooms

Our democracy desperately needs diverse voices to engage in mature dialogue if we are to ever find compassionate solutions to our common problems. Schools must be where young people learn to do this.