Our Spring Magazine Is Here!
The latest issue of Teaching Tolerance is now available online, and copies should begin arriving by mail next week! We’re proud to share stories about families uniting to fight racism in schools, advocates working to ensure no student goes hungry, scholars analyzing the impact of school curricula and more.
Responding to Hate and Bias in the West
Why Lunch Shaming Persists
Ending Curriculum Violence
Black History Month: Celebrating Black Liberation Movements
This Black History Month, we’re encouraging educators to recognize and teach that Black history includes narratives that don’t focus solely on trauma. While it’s imperative to teach about the realities of racial oppression, it’s just as important to engage students with the many ways Black people have consistently and powerfully resisted white supremacy. For the next week, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite resources for celebrating Black liberation movements.
Black History Month: Teaching Beyond Slavery
Black Lives Matter Week of Action
Resistance Means More Than Rebellion
Another Discriminatory Dress Code
This week, a Texas school district is making news for requiring a student to cut his locs before graduation. We’re heartened by how this student’s family and community are supporting him, but we must ask: How many other celebrations—and bodies—are still being regulated by discriminatory school policies? This is a conversation we should be having with students, colleagues and administrators. These resources can help.
Controlling the Student Body
Loc’d Out: How Thoughtless Dress Codes Can Harm Students From Day One
Students and Hair: The Freedom to Choose
The Radical Truth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929, became the most well known leader of the modern civil rights movement. But the truth of King’s legacy is often whitewashed and sanitized. On his birthday, MLK Day and year round, use these resources to provide students with a more complete, radical context of King's fight for justice—and discuss how his work still creates ripples today.
Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice
From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students
What Does the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mean to You?
Protests at the 2020 Olympics
This week, the International Olympic Committee announced that political protests at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be regulated. News coverage of the policy creates an opportunity to talk with students about voice, power and what it means to stand against injustice. These resources can help.