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Online ordering is now available for educators interested in obtaining a free copy of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 latest Teaching Tolerance film 鈥� Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History.听听
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Rural American schools are facing many of the same problems found in urban schools, but often with fewer resources and a public that mistakenly believes poverty, school closings and high dropout rates aren't rural school problems, according to the Fall 2010 issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine, released today.
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Fifty years ago this month, Harper Lee published her American classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Set in the Deep South in the 1930s, the poignant story of racial injustice remains timeless. Its influence on my decision to take up civil rights law was profound.
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The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has honored the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance magazine as the 2009 Periodical of the Year in its Distinguished Achievement Award adult category.
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Anti-gay bullying is one of the few remaining forms of bigotry that can go unchecked on school campuses. The 人兽性交鈥檚 new documentary film and teaching kit will offer powerful lessons for students and educators, showing viewers that anti-gay bullying is wrong 鈥� morally and legally.
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More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education offered the hope of integrated classrooms, today's schools not only remain racially segregated, but are dividing along gender lines, sexual orientation and immigration status in the name of better education, according to the Spring 2010 issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine.
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Students at thousands of schools across the country will challenge social and racial boundaries through the simple act of taking a new seat in the cafeteria on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the eighth annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day.
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How Viva la Causa's Chicago screening inspired community and connection
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In partnership with HBO and director-producer Paul Saltzman, the Southern Poverty Law Center has created a six-lesson teacher's guide for use with HBO's documentary "Prom Night in Mississippi," which chronicles the social boundaries crossed by students when their high school hosted its first integrated prom.
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Immigrants have become the target of choice for many hate groups, and anti-immigrant rhetoric in the mainstream media isn't helping. Thanks to the newest teaching kit from the 人兽性交's Teaching Tolerance program, an estimated 2 million high school students saw a more accurate portrayal of America's immigrant history in the 2008-09 school year.
