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Education Justice

Public education is an essential common-good service and a cornerstone of democracy. This series of articles and resources can help us recognize damaging policies and practices and formulate strategies to ensure equitable public education.

May 30, 2025

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July 2, 2013

Put Abilities on the Multicultural Spectrum

Three tips for making sure your classroom is inclusive of students with a variety of abilities.

Topic

Ability

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Common questions about youth and prejudice

Expert Q&A: Ages 6-12

July 29, 2009

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Literature

A Slave Auction

Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery for 12 years before he was freed. This excerpt from his memoir of those years, Twelve Years A Slave, details a New Orleans slave auction.

Solomon Northup

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

History

Economics

April 27, 2016

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Issue 45, Fall 2013

Twice the Distance

Teaching Tolerance illustration of student long and difficulty path to college on top of a montain

First-In-Family Immigrant Students Face a Double Challenge When Applying to Colleges.

Topic

Immigration

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October 2, 2018

No Student Is Too Young to Use Their Voice This Election Season

Here are three easy ways to encourage younger students to participate in their democracy.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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July 26, 2019

Puerto Rico: Decency, Outrage and Collective Power

Puerto Rican flag in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Lorie Shaull.

A Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board member encourages us to bring the lessons of the Puerto Rico protests into our practice and our classrooms this year.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

The Strength of Ordinary People: A Conversation With Jo Ann Bland

Photo of Jo Ann Bland by Sydney A. Foster

As a child, Jo Ann Bland participated in the Selma, Alabama, march that became known as Bloody Sunday. In this video and Q&A excerpt, Bland inspires us to civic action.

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October 16, 2017

From Columbus to Charlottesville: An Urgent Call for Benevolence

This former high school history teacher now realizes that she failed her students by sticking to the subject matter and neglecting what’s most important about education. She’s worried her fellow educators might be failing too.

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Khiara M. Bridges, Ph.D., J.D.

Khiara M. Bridges, Ph.D., J.D., (she/her) is a professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law. Her scholarship examines race, class, reproductive rights, and the intersection of the three. She is the author of numerous law review articles as well as three books, the most recent of which is Critical Race Theory: A Primer.