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What We’re Reading
The latest in culturally aware literature and resources for teachers of all grades.
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The Day I Swam Into a New World
Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello asks: Do our schools allow students agency and security?
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What We're Watching
These documentaries caught our attention—and deserve yours.
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A Message From Our Director
TT director Maureen Costello encourages educators to raise students ready to address injustice.
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Teachers, Check Your Texts
LGBTQ Asian identities need to be amplified in the school curriculum—and not just during a heritage month.
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What We’re Reading This Week: June 23
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Executive Order 10730
In early September 1957, nine African-American students faced a violent mob when they attempted to enter the newly desegregated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed this executive order on September 23, 1957 to enforce an orderly desegregation.
July 4, 2014
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Responding to the Read-Aloud Text
Resistant Reading
During resistant reading, students analyze the dominant reading of a text and “resist” it by engaging in alternative readings. Resistant readings scrutinize the beliefs and attitudes that typically go unexamined in a text, drawing attention to the gaps, silences and contradictions.
July 19, 2014
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Where's George?
Primary students learn the value of questioning their social studies book.