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20 Years of Change
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello looks back on our 20th birthday.
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Cruel and Unusual
When crisis management techniques like restraint and seclusion become daily practice, kids get hurt.
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A Message From Our Director
Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello reminds us that storytelling can conquer fears.
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Beyond the Canned Food Drive
More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.
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What We're Reading
Teaching Tolerance loves to read! Check out a few of our favorite diverse books for diverse readers and educators.
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Bridge Builder
Superintendent Heidi Sipe is committed to building the bridges students need to follow their dreams.
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Teaching Toward Liberation
In our newest Q&A, author and educator Jamilah Pitts shares her thoughts on liberation education and recommendations from her new book, Toward Liberation. Teaching is undeniably difficult, and historically racist educational institutions make it harder. But Pitts offers a vision that leaves space for joy through a teaching practice that is liberatory rather than oppressive.
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Recognizing Caregivers as Funds of Knowledge
When educators take the time to build and sustain engagement with students’ caregivers, they illustrate social justice in action, showing students that their identities and living situations are valuable and worthy of understanding.
May 26, 2023
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Race and Ethnicity
Racial bias—of all sorts—is the most common driver of incidents, making up 33 percent of the number reported by educators and 63 percent of those reported in the news media. Black students are the ones targeted in an
May 1, 2019
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This Work Isn't Radical
In Minnesota, yet another group is organizing backlash against equitable teaching practices. It's an all-too-common threat—and a reminder that educators need more support.