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On Monday, LGBT students’ rights were vindicated in a comprehensive settlement with Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District over its policies that hindered teachers from effectively responding to anti-gay bullying—policies that may have contributed to some of the district’s recent suicides. Then on Tuesday, in the afterglow of this historic victory, the Utah Senate passed its own discriminatory bill (HB 363) prohibiting educators from teaching about, or even talking about, homosexuality.

Join the conversation with anti-bias educators and leading education scholars.

What’s the connection between love and education? A TT awardee shares how love informs her practice.

What are the important textual touchstones in your life?

The Teaching Tolerance team had a confab earlier this week to plan ahead. Looking at a 2011 calendar, Sean Price, Teaching Tolerance’s managing editor, reminded me that the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War was fast approaching. Did we want to do something? My first response? Frankly, no. As a former U.S. history teacher, I suspected that the next four years will present an unending opportunity mainly for military history buffs to strut their stuff. We would, I suggested to Sean, better serve teachers by focusing on the themes that spoke to racial justice.

I just started my sixth year teaching high school English. This year began with the same question as always: “How will I empower the young women in my classroom this year?”

This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.

Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States, and its proponents feel emboldened. The antidote? Anti-bias education.

Students aren’t the only people who experience bullying in schools.

Introducing the Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards.