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Issue 21, Spring 2002

Everyday People

Folklore invites students to explore the curriculum of "real life."

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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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Majority Rule

In this essay, the author considers what it means to live in a democracy of "majority rule" and where minorities find their place and voice (or lack thereof in such a system).

Learning for Justice Staff

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9-12

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Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Civics

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April 27, 2016

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June 20, 2018

The Words “We” Use for “The Other”

Child looking out onto the countryside, silhouetted in window

Too often, teachers present geographically distant regions—and the people who live in them—as “other.” Here’s how you can avoid doing so.

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Religion Immigration

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Issue 30, Fall 2006

Cooperative Learning

How to help your students talk about race.

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February 3, 2017

“This Is What Democracy Looks Like”

Teaching students about the role children have played in the march for civil rights—historically and today—is just one of many ways teachers can bring the Women’s March into the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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November 12, 2014

We Still Need Diverse Books

A third-grade teacher shares how she uses diverse picture books to surround her students with mirrors and windows—and to combat implicit biases.

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Bullying & Bias

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Tina Vasquez is a journalist with more than 10 years of experience reporting on immigration, reproductive injustice, gender, labor and culture. She is currently a senior reporter at Prism, where she covers gender justice and workers’ rights. Previously, she was a senior reporter covering immigration at Rewire.News, the leading online publication devoted to evidence-based reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights and justice. Vasquez’s work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, NPR, The Nation, Playboy and a variety of other publications. She currently serves on the board of

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Issue 58, Spring 2018