March 10, 2020

Honor Trans Women This Women’s History Month

This Women’s History Month, as always, it’s important to recognize that women’s rights include trans rights. You can begin by introducing your students to some of the activists and changemakers who fought—and continue to fight—for equal rights for all women.

Why Lunch Shaming Persists // Cory Collins

Ending Curriculum Violence // Stephanie P. Jones

What White Colleagues Need to Understand // Clarice Brazas and Charlie McGeehan
Selma Online: Young People Impact the Vote
Selma Online is a new resource we developed with Harvard’s Hutchins Center and Left Field Labs, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The online platform uses scenes from the film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay and offers educators an innovative, interactive resource to teach the history of the civil rights movement and the ongoing fight for voting rights. Read more about how to use Selma Online in your classroom. 

#USvsHate: Create a Movement in Your School

In this Q&A, Mica Pollock, professor of education at the University of California, San Diego, describes the story behind #USvsHate—the initiative that challenges students to speak out against bigotry by creating original anti-hate messaging. Submit your students’ #USvsHate work for the spring challenge by March 20 and we’ll send you a free set of posters.

Meet the 2020 Teaching Tolerance Award Finalists

Every two years, we identify 10 finalists for our Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching. Although we should be used to this process by now, every time we’re amazed by the incredible innovation, dedication and brilliance that educators bring to their work with students. We’re excited to announce the 2020 finalists for the award so we can share their work with you as well. Learn about the finalists here.

Are You Considering Running for Political Office?

Are you motivated to continue the social justice work you do in school at the local, state or national level? We are hoping to talk to educators who have run or are considering running for political office. If you are interested in sharing your story with Teaching Tolerance, please email [email protected]. 

Check Out What We’re Reading

“Several challenges stand in the way besides the cost of new software or infrastructure. In many communities, large numbers of students don’t have internet access at home. Other students, such as those with special needs, may need the services they would get in person at a school. All of this means that a switch to remote learning could worsen longstanding equity problems.” — Chalkbeat

“Sometimes people tell me I don’t ‘look’ autistic (whatever that means). I am trapped in what I call the Autistic Paradox, too autistic to function comfortably in a neurotypical environment, but too apparently “normal” to get the sensory accommodations and solitude I need.” — The Washington Post

“A 2018 study published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology estimated that about 175 million children per year will be affected by natural disasters attributed to climate change. That number is expected to rise as climate change progresses, yet little is known about how children cope with natural disasters.” — HuffPost

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