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Seamless Teaching : Navigating the Inclusion Spectrum [1]

Number 43: Spring 2013 [3]

In schools across the country, students in special education and general education are increasingly learning together in inclusive classrooms.

Move to the Music [5]

Number 43: Spring 2013 [3]

Teachers don’t typically encourage students to bring iPods to school, but when

The Road to Disaster Recovery [10]

Submitted by Lisa Ann Williamson [11] on November 9, 2012

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many families were devastated. Schools were closed for a week or more. Children and adults were stranded.

Editor’s Note: Teaching Tolerance collaborated with The Learning Network and The New York Times for news accounts and ideas for lessons and curriculum useful when de

A Sheet Protector Taught Me to Hear [13]

Submitted by Kathleen Melville [14] on October 15, 2012

I hate sheet protectors. Those shiny, clear plastic sheaths have no place in my classroom. When my new ninth-graders hand in their summer reading logs each September, the first thing I do is remove and return all the sheet protectors. They make it impossible for me to maintain my neat stacks of student work. They don’t quite fit into the file folders I use to transport those stacks home to grade them. I have to remove them before I can write any feedback.

I hate sheet protectors.  Those shiny, clear plastic sheaths have no place in my classroom.  When my new ninth-graders hand in their summer reading logs each September, the first thing

Just Listen [16]

Submitted by Jan S. Gephardt [17] on October 15, 2012

Greg arrived at my art room after school to pick up a bulky project. He seemed down.

“Is everything ok?” I asked.

Greg arrived at my art room after school to

Collaboration in the Coatroom [19]

Submitted by Emily Kissner [20] on October 9, 2012

It’s hard to think of coat hooks as being instructional tools. Last year, however, my students and I learned some important lessons about the benefits of diversity and including many voices in the decision-making process when we restructured our closets.

It’s hard to think of coat hooks as being instructional tools.

Working Out the Kinks of the Flipped Classroom [22]

Submitted by Peter J. Elliott [23] on October 1, 2012

I don’t often lecture in class. In general, I prefer to run more of a seminar-like discussion. Teaching British literature this year, however, presented an unusual opportunity to test some technology and flip my lesson.

I don’t often lecture in class. In general, I prefer to run more of a seminar-like discussion.

Political Discussion Belongs in Our Classroom [25]

Submitted by Sarah Anderson [26] on September 5, 2012

I was excited by my lesson plan about the presidential elections. I planned to help students research issues and form opinions by guiding them through a variety of perspectives. Then my student teacher asked a question that surprised me. “Do you ever have parents complain about elections being discussed in school?” he wanted to know. “Why would they?” I asked.

I was excited by my lesson plan about the presidential elections. I planned to help students research issues and form opinions by guiding them through a variety of perspectives.

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[1] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/seamless-teaching
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/classroom-practice
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76784#comment-form
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/move-to-the-music
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/move-to-the-music#comments
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/primary-grades-are-ready-talk-peace
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/author/sara-schmidt
[9] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76759#comment-form
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/road-disaster-recovery
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/author/lisa-ann-williamson
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76683#comment-form
[13] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/sheet-protector-taught-me-hear
[14] http://www.tolerance.org/author/kathleen-melville
[15] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/sheet-protector-taught-me-hear#comments
[16] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/just-listen
[17] http://www.tolerance.org/author/jan-s-gephardt
[18] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/just-listen#comments
[19] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/collaboration-coatroom
[20] http://www.tolerance.org/author/emily-kissner
[21] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/collaboration-coatroom#comments
[22] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/working-out-kinks-flipped-classroom
[23] http://www.tolerance.org/author/peter-j-elliott
[24] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/76086#comment-form
[25] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/political-discussion-belongs-our-classroom
[26] http://www.tolerance.org/author/sarah-anderson
[27] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/75547#comment-form
[28] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/advice-first-year-teachers
[29] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/75381#comment-form
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