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Dr. Neal Lester talks about meeting folks across the country who want thoughtful, informed and critical conversation about the troublesome n-word.

How does one foster a school community—that is equitable and committed to breaking down barriers? A TT awardee shares her approach.

We need to push back against the message that students’ intelligence and appearances are related.

Meet five educators chosen for the first-ever Teaching Tolerance awards.

Get great ideas for your school's Mix event!

My student Belinda got into a fight last year. It wasn’t a prissy, slappy, name-calling fight, either. It was a reality television-worthy, punch- throwing, eye-bruising fight that didn’t end until Belinda’s opponent had ripped the weave out of her hair and waved it around in front of the student spectators.

When five schools in an Illinois school district came together for a community event, everyone involved experienced the power of working together for the common good.

Be prepared for whatever this year holds with these Teaching Tolerance materials.

In 1967 the Supreme Court ruling on Loving v. Virginia went a long way toward making marriage a right that more Americans could exercise. In Loving, the court decided that laws prohibiting African Americans and white Americans from marrying violated the Constitution. The Loving ruling said, among other things, “Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival.”

A Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board member reflects on a recent gathering in Montgomery, Ala.