Teachers can be powerful allies for students by ensuring that they feel respected and safe at school regardless of their race, religion, socioeconomic status, LGBT identity or other identity, but it isn鈥檛 always an easy task, according to the of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance magazine, released this week.
Our report found that the campaign is producing an alarming level of fear and anxiety among children of color and inflaming racial and ethnic tensions in the classroom. Many students worry about being deported.
When it comes to technology in the classroom, educators shouldn鈥檛 be satisfied by the sight of students focused on the glow of a screen, but should ask what uses of technology actually help all students in diverse U.S. classrooms learn, grow and thrive, according to research highlighted in the latest issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance magazine, released today.
Schools across the country expected to participate today in signature Teaching Tolerance event.
Award honors five teachers preparing students for diverse society.
As an election-year approaches, we offer strategies to engage students in the democratic process.
The Teaching Tolerance film encourages voting and civic engagement by recounting the dramatic story of the students and teachers who braved intimidation, violence and arrest during the campaign for equality in Selma.
The 人兽性交鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project announced today the educators it has selected to serve on an advisory board that will help the award-winning program develop anti-bias materials for use in classrooms across the country.
Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push some of a school鈥檚 most vulnerable students out of class and into the justice system.
These schools found innovative ways to break down social barriers and聽 cultivate respect and inclusiveness.
