Families Have Much to Share
Use these ideas to include the religious and nonreligious diversity of students’ home lives in your practice.Sara WichtMany educators want to teach about religious and nonreligious diversity, but...
View ArticleThe Educator in the Mirror
Being an effective ally for all students means honestly examining your practice as an educator.Christina TorresRecently, when the #RaceTogether kerfuffle from Starbucks occurred, Teaching Tolerance was...
View ArticleSocial Justicing With Hip-Hop
Looking for a new way to engage your students? Try one they probably already know and love.Joseph N. CookI can remember riding to the mall rapping along to whatever was on the radio while hearing my...
View ArticleNames Do Matter
The start of the school year is an important time to remember that names have meaning—whether they belong to monuments, mountains or to your own students. Sara Wicht read more
View ArticleJust Say No to Identity-based Spirit Days
As sure as October brings pumpkins and pep rallies, TT Director Maureen Costello knows she’ll hear dis-spiriting news about a school’s offensive choice of spirit week theme. Yesterday was no...
View ArticleHistorical Fiction as a Teaching Tool
This afterschool educator discusses how historical fiction is an effective tool to teach youth about underrepresented people and identities in classrooms and in U.S. history textbooks. Liz Clift read more
View ArticleLet Black Students Be Kids: Down With "Respectability"
We need to bifurcate the message that students’ intelligence and appearances are related.Joseph N. Cook read more
View ArticleEducating “Those Kids”
After a colleague told her, “I’m not coming back next year,” this teacher reflected on what makes her an effective anti-bias educator. Jozette Martinez “I’m not coming back next year,” she said,...
View ArticleForging Partnerships With Our School Communities
Tapping into community resources conveys to students that their families, their neighbors and they themselves matter.Dena Simmons read more
View ArticleHave the Courage to Teach
Equity and social justice work in schools is easier said than done. This educator offers four steps for turning talk into action. Marcy Webb read more
View ArticleCommunity Walks: A Day of Learning for Schools
Through community walks around students’ neighborhoods, educators and school staff can learn from those they teach, creating a stronger and more responsive school community. Dr. Monisha Bajaj read more
View ArticleLife After Diversity Training
When the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights mandated diversity trainings for this school district, everyone pulled together to make some serious changes for the better.Hannah Edsall...
View ArticleProposed Bill: An Ethnic Studies Ban "on Steroids"
Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.Dr. Neal A. Lester read more
View ArticleImprove Your Teaching by Asking for Student Feedback
Teachers can increase student engagement by consulting with small groups of students about their classroom experience. When students see their ideas being put into action, they become more invested in...
View ArticleEarly-Grades Bilingual Books: What Works and What Doesn’t
Bilingual books are great tools for teaching languages and changing attitudes about other cultures, but finding quality books can be challenging. Here’s what to look for. Delia Berlin read more
View ArticleThe Disturbing “Monkey Business” of U.S. Black-White Race Relations
Representations of black people as animals is both a past and present manifestation of the United States’ complicated history with race.Dr. Neal A. Lester read more
View ArticleA Social Justice Book Study Group
Seeking to push fellow teachers’ thinking around social justice issues, this teacher and her colleague started a book study group. Here’s how they did it.Hayley Bredenread more
View ArticleWhat Is Cinco de Mayo?
Mexican culture cannot be reduced to tacos, oversized sombreros and piñatas.Lauryn Mascareñaz Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is not Mexico’s Independence Day.read more
View ArticleWhen Teachers Read the World
A teacher book group dedicated to reading diverse literature for young people and adults can foster cultural competence and support anti-bias teaching.Susan Zeiger read more
View ArticleTeaching About Ramadan and Eid
Ramadan begins the evening of May 26 this year. Introduce this Muslim holy month to students—and take a step toward countering Islamophobia.Gauri ManglikSadaf Siddique read more
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