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Students and Hair: The Freedom to Choose
Give your students a tool to help them evaluate a situation, like an unfair dress code, by teaching them the language of healthy relationships.
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Disability Is Diversity
Embracing diversity means accepting disability as a part of the total human experience and being intentional about practices that remove barriers to learning so all children can thrive.
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From Grove City to Woodbrook: Lisa Molinaro’s Epiphany
Lisa Molinaro began her career in education as a 20-year-old at the all-boys George Junior Republic juvenile delinquent center in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Her students were primarily young black males between the ages
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Starting With Ourselves: Preparing for Tough Classroom Conversations
This school administrator offers recommendations for setting up courageous conversations in the new year, with discussions among colleagues as the first step.
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Experiment in Fairness
Bayard Rustin was an African American leader who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) in the 1940s and 1950s for equal rights for all Americans using nonviolence. In this story, he writes about the struggle for an African American man to order a simple hamburger at a restaurant in the Midwest.
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What’s New With Teaching Tolerance’s Educator Grants?
Learn about a few of the initiatives we’ve funded this year and how you can apply for a chance to get funding for your own project!
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If Anger Were The Problem
A domestic violence counselor reflects on recent assaults in our schools.
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Thinking With Hannah Arendt About Responsibility
What makes 20th-century political theorist Hannah Arendt’s analysis so relevant to our times, and what might educators gain from studying her works?
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Foreign Language Study Can Benefit Students With Autism
Parlez-vous français? This educator reflects on what students on the autism spectrum, including her own daughter, can gain from foreign language study.
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Teachers Supporting Teachers
This teacher offers suggestions for how to better support our colleagues and create a more just and welcoming environment across the entire school.