Thom Ronk

Thom Ronk is curriculum manager for Teaching Tolerance.

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What Do Halloween Costumes Say? The “Illegal Alien” Halloween costume is wrong and needs removed from the stores. SPLC’s special report, “Climate of Fear,” points out how “FBI...
Verbal Bullying Puts Students Behind Last week, CNN reported: “the study from the University of Illinois suggests dealing with classmate put-downs can make it harder for good students to...
Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World When I reflect on the incidents last week involving students who wore offensive shirts with anti-Muslim statements on them in Gainesville, Florida, I...
Looking at Labor The lesson “Looking at Labor” explores some critical questions, like “Are all jobs created equal? Why or why not?” and “What would happen if everyone...
For Multicultural Educators, Can One Size Fit All? I just returned from the National Association of Multiculturalism in Education (NAME) conference in Denver. This year's conference theme, "A Mile...
Banned Books Week Many years ago when I was teaching in Cairo, Egypt, the school director approached me about how he heard my students were reading three novels, not...