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Issue 6, Fall 2024

Dialogue Across Difference

Group of diverse people observing and discussing art representing justice issues.

Dialogue skills can develop foundational capacity for civic engagement and collective action to strengthen our democracy. The heart of dialogue is not in speaking to convince but rather in active listening and questioning to understand one another.

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Incidents based on sexual orientation or gender identity comprised 25 percent of those reported by educators but just 10 percent of those reported in the news media. Although we found a small number of incidents directed

May 1, 2019

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Advocating for Undocumented Youth

With conditions at detention centers and plans for more ICE raids in the news, it’s easy to feel hopeless. But, as educators, you have more power than you may realize. These resources outline practical steps you can take today to interrupt the school-to-deportation pipeline and support undocumented students and their families.

The School-to-Deportation Pipeline
Toolkit for "The School-to-Deportation Pipeline"
Toolkit for "This Is Not a Drill"

June 24, 2019

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October 27, 2016

Top Five Tips for Teaching the Election

It’s not too late to have civil, informed classroom conversations about the election.

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March 11, 2019

Another Slavery Simulation: We Can and Must Do Better

A simulation of an auction during a fifth-grade lesson about slavery last week is just the latest illustration of why we need better ways to teach hard history.

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Rights & Activism

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What Does 'Post Racial' Mean, Anyway?

In this activity, students in the middle and upper grades will explore whether Obama's selection as the president of the United States marks a new era in America, one where race doesn't matter.

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6-8 9-12

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Social Studies

July 6, 2009

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January 15, 2010

MLK: More Than Just A Dream

Every year around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the news media start quoting his “I Have A Dream” speech. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a great speech – certainly one of the best ever given in the cause of civil rights.

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Rights & Activism

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October 27, 2011

Tour Brings American History To Life

Through a grant from Teaching American History, I was part of a group of teachers who spent months reading, listening and watching films and videos about the civil rights movement before we took a trip to the South. But still it was history—far away, untouchable and remote. That was until the first day in Sumner, Miss.

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Rights & Activism

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March 23, 2017

Endrew Who?

Yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision could transform the lives of millions of children with disabilities. So why aren’t we talking about it?

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Ability

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

A Message From Our Director

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello wants to tell educators that they are valued.

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