Jey Ehrenhalt

Jey is the school-based programming and grants manager with Teaching Tolerance. They have previously worked as an elementary school special educator in Portland Public Schools in Oregon and as a writer. Jey is a contributing author in the upcoming book Gender Diversity and LGBTQ Inclusion and Advocacy in Schools.

Articles by Jey

Celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month With TT Grants

Across the country, TT grantees are doing inspiring work in their classrooms, schools and communities. This LGBTQ pride month, TT Grants Manager Jey Ehrenhalt takes a look at some of the ways TT grants are funding projects that support, sustain and celebrate LGBTQ students.

Designing Their Own Black Future

How black students in a predominately white town are using their voices to lift their community.

Introducing the Educator Grants Action Model Directory

TT Educator Grants fund projects that encourage educators to implement anti-bias education in their schools and classrooms. Learn how you can browse the new and expanding Grants Action Model directory to replicate these projects in your own school community.

Let’s Talk About Nonbinary

How are you affirming nonbinary students in your classroom?

Whose Renaissance Is It?

These middle-schoolers spent months exploring the bridges that connect their gentrifying community and the barriers that divide it.