Against a backdrop of religious tensions across the globe, a California school district has discovered that teaching students the basics of the world's major religions is helping reduce intolerance among students without undermining their own beliefs, according to the Fall 2007 issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine.
For the second time, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program has won the highest honor from the Association of Educational Publishers.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program, the award-winning producer of educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity, today released its first publication designed specifically for parents.
Students and teachers at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., are revisiting the historic events of 1957, when nine courageous black students enrolled there to test the Supreme Court's decision outlawing racial segregation in public schools, according to the Spring 2007 edition of Teaching Tolerance.
Whether you are the parent of a 3-year-old who is curious about why a friend鈥檚 skin is brown, the parent of a 9-year-old who has been called a slur because of his religion, or the parent of a 15-year-old who snubs those outside of her social clique at school, this book is designed to help you teach your children to honor the differences in themselves and in others - and to reject prejudice and intolerance.
Students across the country challenged cliques and stereotypes as they took part yesterday in the fifth annual聽Mix It Up at Lunch Day, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚聽Teaching Tolerance聽program.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has released the Fall 2006 issue of聽Teaching Tolerance聽magazine, which includes an article about children adjusting to life and school in Houston after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Teaching Tolerance, a program of the Southern Poverty Law Center, won an unprecedented nine awards, including Periodical of the Year, from the聽Association of Educational Publishers聽on Friday in Washington, D.C.
Results of a recent survey show Mix It Up at Lunch Day was an overwhelming success for the more than three million students across the country who participated in November.
