Remembering Rosa Parks

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We gained so much from the life of Rosa Parks.

We have lost a legend who reminded us of the power of one human being to change the world.

Learning from the 'Love Mail'

Much of the rhetoric evident in hate mail mirrors the attitudes in education. This issue starts a conversation about education and looks at where we agree and disagree.

Whenever we get hate mail, which is often, it gets sent around to everyone in our department.

Starting With Community

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The Fall 2004 issue of Teaching Tolerance looks at the school community. Selected articles from past magazines are paired with new strategies to help tackle issues continuing to face educators and students.

There is a new life in the world, a precious little child who joined us this summer. Her name is Zoe, and she is my first child. I love her whole-heartedly, desperately, deeply.

'Diversity Education'

This important and essential work begins in the classrooms of teachers like you.

"Student body diversity promotes learning outcomes and 'better prepares students for an increasingly diverse workforce and society …'"

What If?

The editor of Teaching Tolerance explores the ins and outs of social boundaries at school.

Last fall, we conducted a survey asking students and teachers around the country to take a hard look at the social boundaries in their schools.

Domestic Tranquility

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the lessons of Sept. 11.

Never forget.

From Concord Bridge to the Alamo, from the Maine to Pearl Harbor, the vow to remember has been a rallying cry in moments of crisis across our history.

The Straight Story

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

The introductory activity was clever enough -- a "hangman" game in which the eight mystery letters spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E.

Believe and Let Believe

The editor of Teaching Tolerance writes on critics' objections to the magazine's treatment of gay and lesbian issues

In October 1998, America and the world looked on in horror as a Kansas minister and his followers heckled mourners at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming student murdered beca

A Place to Stand

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the need to commemorate the toll of slavery.

According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, our landscape boasts more than 100,000 monuments honoring the Union and Confederate dead.

Theories of Harmony

The editor of Teaching Tolerance writes on music education.

Once again, science has caught up with common sense.

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