March 31, 2020

Supporting Students Through Coronavirus

We’re grateful to the educators continuing to support students and families through the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve developed resources to support student well-being and learning during school closures, and we will keep this page updated as we publish new pieces. 

Worried About a Friend? Use Your E.D.G.E. // Beth Hoover 

Ending Curriculum Violence // Stephanie P. Jones

How Culturally Responsive Lessons Teach Critical Thinking // Clint Smith
Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, many teachers have been asked to move to distance learning with their students with little time to prepare. Online classes can offer new opportunities for culturally responsive teaching. Here’s what one educator is trying with her fifth grade students.

Our Free Webinars Are Available to Watch Anytime

Teaching Tolerance’s professional development webinars offer helpful guidance and great ideas from our experienced teaching and learning specialists and from innovative educators in the Teaching Tolerance community. Watch these free on-demand webinars at your own pace and share them with colleagues!

Teaching a More Complete Women’s History

As we wrap up Women’s History Month, we want to emphasize that this history doesn’t have to be relegated to March. It should be discussed year-round. By digging deeper into women’s history, you can teach about and celebrate women who were more likely to be erased or silenced. Here’s how.

Access Hundreds of Free Texts in Our Online Library

Our searchable library of short texts offers a diverse mix of stories and perspectives. This multigenre, multimedia collection lets you choose informational and literary nonfiction texts, literature, photographs, interviews and more. You can also filter by text type, grade level, subject and topic and assign them to students using Google Classroom.

Check Out What We’re Reading

“Lorena Borjas showed up at my office every day until I paid attention and understood what was needed. She carried her roller bag across the City to make sure people got where they needed to be, to make sure those of us with power listened and supported her community.” — them.

“As new communities go into lockdown in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus, the people most at risk for getting sick, because they must venture out, are largely people of color, those with only a high school education and those whose incomes are likely to suffer during the ongoing crisis.” — The Washington Post

“We're talking about waiving a civil right for our most vulnerable people in our society, children who don't vote, who have no voice, who are relying on their parents to advocate for them.” — KQED

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