June 30, 2020

Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul?

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, educators and schools across the nation are planning anti-racist work for the first time. How can you ensure this work is not just a box for your school to check? In our latest article, educator Liz Kleinrock offers concrete questions educators should be asking as schools embark on anti-racist education work.

Intersectional Identities: Do Educators Empower or Oppress? // Maryam Asenuga

Recovering and Teaching Local History // Coshandra Dillard

Saving Title VI // Cory Collins
Protest Is Patriotic
This year, the Fourth of July arrives amid protests against racism and police brutality toward Black Americans and a focus on the role white supremacy has always played in the United States. As these resources show, this holiday and its symbols are tied to a long tradition of protest and demands that our nation make good on its promise of freedom for all.

Teaching Hard History From the Beginning 

All children deserve the truth about American slavery, starting in kindergarten—and starting with Indigenous enslavement. Our latest Teaching Hard History: American Slavery resources support K–12 educators committed to a more complete history to all students.  Read more about what you can find in our K–5 framework for doing just that.

Catch Up on TT Webinars!

We’ll be announcing our new lineup of webinars for the fall very soon! In the meantime, catch up on our on-demand webinars at your own pace. These webinars offer helpful guidance and great ideas from our experienced teaching and learning specialists and from innovative educators in the Teaching Tolerance community.

Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence

As the calls for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and many others continue, we must remember our nation’s historic and ongoing injustices can’t be ignored. These resources can help spur much-needed discussion around implicit bias and systemic racism and help you talk with students while prioritizing their well-being and agency.

Check Out What We’re Reading

“[Teachers] have to agree to what an anti-racist framework stands for, and that's challenging and dismantling racist policies and practices and curricula and inequities that exist and permeate in our schools.” — ABC News

“Our students represent the future of our Tribal Nations. ... It is truly unconscionable to deny them the resources they need to continue their education amidst a public health crisis.” — The Hechinger Report

“Schools are the latest institutions facing a reckoning over racism — a conversation led by high school students and recent graduates who say their educations on race stopped with To Kill a Mockingbird and the civil rights movement, and failed to explain the systemic racism underlying modern unrest.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer 
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