Tim Lockette

Tim Lockette is a freelance writer in Montgomery, AL, and former editor of Teaching Tolerance.


Pages authored by Tim Lockette

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Three from the Country GEORGIA Who’s a Rebel? David Dixon knew he was far from home when he pulled up to his new school and saw a Confederate battle flag, about 15 feet...
Tapping the Power of Place In Illinois, a parent reminds her child to “pretend you’re dead” to avoid being shot if gun violence breaks out in school. In Wisconsin, parents...
Unmaking Brown So much depends on a yellow bus, winding its way across the North Carolina landscape. For decades, this was how Wake County integrated its schools....
Know Your Audience, Find Your Power "There’s nothing wrong with the way your grandparents talk,” my elementary school teachers used to say. “Standard English is different. Not better or...
Crossing the Gap Brandon Saunders has trouble believing there are places like New Trier High School — a public school with an ivy-walled, university-like campus, with...
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Cheers for Mix It Up Day When the start of Mix It Up at Lunch Day was announced at Seth Johnson Elementary in Montgomery, Ala., cheers rose up in the halls. At lunch, the...
Mix It Up: Score One for Humanity Two truths and one lie.  That’s how Mix It Up at Lunch Day began at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Mich. Students sat down to lunch with...
Thousands to Mix It Up Today Mix It Up at Lunch Day is here! Across the country today, thousands of students will take the time to cross social barriers and sit with someone new...
Fort Hood and Anti-Muslim Sentiment As of this writing, the public still doesn’t have all the details on the heartbreaking violence at Fort Hood. Police say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is...
How Clique Leaders Can Help You Mix It Up Mix It Up at Lunch Day is just around the corner. Most students report that the Mix It Up experience – taking one lunch hour to sit somewhere new and...
The “Wild” Side of Kids with Disabilities When I first met Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, I was literally living in the wild. In 1991, Grace and I were both students in the U.S. Air Force Survival...
Lessons from Laramie – and Sylacauga Today is the 11th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. I don’t think anyone can contemplate this date without a mix of strong emotions. But...
Does Thurgood Marshall Deserve a Place in History? How about Cesar Chavez? In Texas, the State Board of Education has been mulling those very questions. Two members of a Board-appointed advisory panel...
The Fourteenth Amendment and Latinos in the U.S. The history of any of us is the history of all of us. As Hispanic Heritage Month begins, we’re pleased to offer a standards-based lesson plan on...
Americans Are Poorer, Census Bureau Says The Census Bureau has put out its annual report on personal income. It’s probably no surprise that we’re poorer, on average, than we were a year ago...
Not So Shocked by 'NurtureShock' I’ve been bracing myself for the release of NurtureShock, a book on childrearing by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. Early reviews of the...
Anti-Muslim Shirts at Florida School In Gainesville, Florida, school administrators are sending students home for wearing shirts that read “Islam is of the Devil.” Obviously, this story...
Mississippi to Mandate Civil Rights History The State of Mississippi is now piloting a program that would require teaching about the Civil Rights Movement at every grade level. (Teaching for...
Back to School, Back to Community Community is important, particularly at this time of year. If you can establish an engaged learning community in the first weeks of school, chances...