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The Neuroscience of Call and Response
Indigenous oral cultures use call and response to ensure that information is transmitted from generation to generation. Teachers should include this technique in their culturally responsive toolkit. Read why it works.
TT Announces 63 Mix It Up Model Schools
Teaching Tolerance named 63 schools across the nation as Mix It Up Model Schools today for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among their students and throughout campus during the 2012-13 school year.
Become an “Ecolutionary”
Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.
Civil Rights Is All About Fairness
Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.
Building a Healthy Body Image Can Be Fun
Students at a leadership conference initially were reluctant to try Zumba, a Latin dance fitness class, but ultimately realized it could build a positive body image—and be fun!
Rosa Parks: Abused and Misused
When Idaho Rep. Brent Crane characterized Rosa Parks as a champion of states’ rights in a recent debate, it was a troubling sign of what happens when a nation doesn’t work hard to remember its history.
Teaching Tolerance Needs Bloggers
If you’re a writer or educator looking for ways to get more involved in Teaching Tolerance, consider being a blogger.
Mindfulness Helps Reduce Unequal Discipline
Mindfulness a not only a great tool to help students focus, but it also helps educators to be more culturally responsive.
