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Three girls take part in a common kindergarten classroom interaction—planning what they’ll play during morning recess. Recess is a time when children participate in unrestricted free play with their peers. The games to be played–and the players—are constantly on the minds of the 5- and 6-year-olds, especially during cleanup. One of the girls in the group offers the following suggestion, “How about only people wearing skirts are cats?”

When a country is compared to a continent, we effectively communicate that not all countries—or the people in them—are significant enough for us to name.

Many educators are hesitant to teach about national politics and the 2016 election.

When JT Eberhard of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), an organization providing support to nontheistic students, received a letter from a teacher bragging about blocking formation of an atheist club, the lack of a return address didn’t slow him down. He used the email address provided by the sender to locate the teacher and alert administrators.

Encouraging students to take an interest in the well-being of others is not indoctrination: It’s the right thing to do.

A message from Teaching Tolerance director Brian Willoughby.