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Speaking Up Without Tearing Down
A veteran human rights educator explains the value of teaching students to call each other in rather than out.
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello encourages educators to confront the difficult truths of American history.
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Jim Crow Is Watching
In this essay, the author describes the ways in which the Civil War and 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guaranteed African Americans certain rights, but how those rights were quickly reversed due to intimidation and the Jim Crow system.
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Accounting For Missing Men in Early Childhood
This just in: Men make up a small fraction of early childhood and elementary school teachers. And for children younger than 6, having a male teacher is a rarity. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 2.3 percent of preschool and kindergarten teachers are men.
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Worker Exploitation Today: A Lesson from Viva La Causa
This lesson is part of the Viva la Causa teaching kit. Framework The struggle for justice depicted in Viva La Causa is far from over. Farmworkers, and many other kinds of laborers, continue to be exploited and abused
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“We Won’t Wear the Name”
At these three high schools, each named for Robert E. Lee, students led the way toward change.
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What We're Reading
Teaching Tolerance loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite books for diverse readers and educators.
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What We're Reading
Our book reviews can help you keep your practice fresh and informed.
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The Question of Class
Paul Gorski calls on fellow educators examine the classist assumptions infiltrating classrooms and schools.
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Slavery and the Civil War, Part 2
Episode 2, Season 1 Dr. Bethany Jay is back to talk about teaching the end of the Civil War, and how enslaved people’s participation in the war helped subvert the institution of slavery. .tb_button {padding:1px;cursor