The latest issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine offers insights on coping with the economic downturn; a look at a student-led movement to end unequal school funding; and lesson plans to help you unpack the meaning of Barack Obama's historic speech on race.
Departments
Story Corner: Freedom Riders
An angry mob beat the Freedom Riders when they arrived in Montgomery. How do you explain that to second-graders?
Lies Our Students Tell Themselves
Part of the 'Why I Teach' series
Feature Articles
Hesitation and Hope
The 2008 election showed us that true progress in the struggle for equality is possible. Yet there is still much work to be done.
How School Taught Me I Was Poor
Third grade was a bad year. Third grade was the year I learned in school that I was poor.
Our Challenges as a People
Using Barack Obama's historic speech on race in the classroom.
Teaching in the Downturn
Two experts offer opinions on what to expect from the economic crisis - and how to help your students cope.
Walkout in Crystal City
When students take action, they create change that extends far beyond the classroom. A former teacher from Crystal City, Tex., remembers the student walkout that helped launch the Latino civil rights movement 40 years ago.
Crossing the Gap
Students from both sides of Chicago's school-funding divide are coming together to demand equality. In the process, they're crossing barriers of race and social class.
Exposing Hidden Homophobia
Students learn to spot bias in their culture —and confront their own homophobia in the process.
21 Seconds to Teach Humanity
Her lessons met the standards, but her students were pummeling each other in the restroom between classes. How one teacher found a way to reach the benchmarks that really matter.
Lonely Language Learners?
Why is that English language learner sitting in the back of the classroom and not speaking up? Maybe she just needs a friend. Here's what some schools are doing to make sure their ELL students become part of the school community.
Flipping the Script on Bias and Bullies
What do actors have in common with bigots, bullies and their victims? They play the same script over and over. Social justice theater can teach your students to take the story into their own hands.
