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The Child's Defender

In this interview, Marian Wright Edelman expresses the importance of each American sending children “signals of fairness and tolerance” and helping to give them “a life that transcends boundaries of race, class, gender and other differences.”

Marian Wright Edelman and Sara Bullard

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

Economics

June 20, 2016

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

Closing the Diversity Gap

Student of color at desk with school supplies surrounded by influential people.

New research sheds light on how to inspire, recruit and retain teachers of color.

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Issue 60, Fall 2018

Toolkit for "What Is White Privilege, Really?"

This toolkit offers advice, activities and further reading suggestions for educators who want to unpack the concept of whiteness and white privilege with themselves and with students.

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Issue 59, Summer 2018

Toolkit for ‘The Opioid Crisis’ and Trauma-Sensitive Practices

Students who experience trauma often exhibit behaviors we associate with defiance, indifference or attention-deficit disorders. This toolkit and additional resources can help us overcome those assumptions and respond to such behaviors in trauma-sensitive ways.

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Toolkit for "Saving Title VI"

This toolkit utilizes some of those educator-facing resources so you—or your professional learning community—can frame a reflection on your students, your school and your role in upholding Title VI.

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November 12, 2020

To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must Be the Norm

Male African-American Teacher Instructing Students | Teaching Tolerance

We have to prepare students—and ourselves—to communicate, question and work our way through a disconnect when the outside world spills into the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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September 29, 2020

Self-care Can Be Social Justice

Self-care is critical for all educators. But for BIPOC educators, it can be a first step toward self-sustaining, anti-racist practices in schools.

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August 23, 2021

What Critical Race Theory Is and What it Means for Teachers

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Education law and policy expert Bob Kim answers some key questions for educators about these so-called “anti-critical race theory” laws and what’s really going on.

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Centering Student Experiences

When asking students to explore issues of personal and social identity, teachers must help establish braver spaces where students are seen, valued, cared for, respected, and have opportunities to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

May 26, 2023

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

And the Winners Are...

The Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Meet the recipients of the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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