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Death Comes Early, Often to the Poor |
A plea from students. Editor’s Note:
This month, Teaching Tolerance launched a new series of lessons called Issues of Poverty. This week’s featured... |
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The Courage to Speak Up |
I didn’t say a word.
I never saw myself as a person to let a
homophobic comment slide. Even from another adult. Even from someone with more
power... |
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Defining the Line Between Fun and Bias |
Man, am I
just a total killjoy?
I
struggled today with a decision whether or not to dress up for Spirit Week.
Monday was Crazy Sock Day; Tuesday,... |
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Students Need Skills to Say No to Fist Fights |
We must
teach conflict resolution, empathy and individual responsibility to students as deliberately as we teach math and science.
Schools will not... |
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Stamping Out Disrespect in Class |
“Man that boy booty sweaty!”
The comment rang out in a room that was supposed to be
silent. Although the student whose “booty” was being... |
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Exploring the Power of the N-word |
“Ms. Craven, we
can put ‘nigga?’”
I pause. Images of
earnest sitting-in-a-circle chats in college flash through my brain:
A classmate from... |
