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Maintain Neutrality
Learn how schools can teach religious tolerance -- and stay within constitutional bounds.
July 6, 2009
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Avoiding the Holiday 'Balance Traps'
Many educators believe they are offering a balance when it comes to acknowledging holidays, but Christmas continues to receive the greatest emphasis.
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What's a Teacher to Do?
Here are five things you can do to make your classroom respectful and culturally sensitive.
July 6, 2009
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How School Taught Me I Was Poor
Third grade was a bad year. Third grade was the year I learned in school that I was poor.
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Walkout in Crystal City
A former teacher from Crystal City, Texas, remembers the student walkout that helped launch the Latino civil rights movement 40 years ago.
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21 Seconds to Teach Humanity
Her lessons met the standards, but her students were pummeling each other in the restroom between classes. How one teacher found a way to reach the benchmarks that really matter.
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'Because I Had a Turban'
In almost every public school in the United States, attitudes and behaviors in the classroom presume an unacknowledged, yet pervasive, Christian norm. How does this affect students who are not Christian?
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One Nation, Many Gods
Research shows that a world religions course helps reduce intolerance among students without undermining students' religious beliefs.
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Beyond the Canned Food Drive
More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.