The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project named 76 schools as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among their students and throughout campus during the 2016-17 school year.
The Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 project announced today the recipients of 11 research fellowships as part of a multi-year initiative to improve the teaching of slavery in K-12 schools across the nation.
Educators striving to ensure their schools are welcoming to all students as the nation continues to struggle with xenophobia and anti-Muslim bias will find an array of strategies to combat Islamophobia and be an advocate for immigrant and refugee students in the latest issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance magazine, released this week.
Days before Donald Trump takes office as the 45th president of the United States, hundreds of students across America offered advice to the president-elect as part of an initiative by the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
In the first days after the 2016 presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project administered an online survey to K鈥�12 educators from across the country. Over 10,000 teachers, counselors, administrators and others who work in schools have responded. The survey data indicate that the results of the election are having a profoundly negative impact on schools and students. Ninety percent of educators report that school climate has been negatively affected, and most of them believe it will have a long-lasting impact. A full 80 percent describe heightened anxiety and concern on the part of students worried about the impact of the election on themselves and their families.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (人兽性交) today launched a new survey to take the pulse of the nation鈥檚 students and teachers following the election of Donald Trump after a divisive campaign that targeted racial, ethnic and religious minorities.
Students will step outside their cliques and get to know someone new today as part of the 15th National Mix It Up at Lunch Day 鈥� an annual school event sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
The incendiary rhetoric and behavior dominating this year鈥檚 presidential campaign may have left teachers across the country wondering if they should teach about the election at all, but a few teacher-tested tips can help them engage young students in discussions about the democratic process, according to the new issue Teaching Tolerance magazine, released today.
Amid a presidential campaign marked by inflammatory rhetoric spilling into classrooms across the country, the 人兽性交鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project today launched an initiative to encourage schools and communities to set a positive example for schoolchildren by committing to civil and respectful discussions about the presidential election.
The 人兽性交鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project recognized five teachers with the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching 鈥� a biennial award given to K-12 educators nationwide who excel at promoting respect and a passion for justice among students.
