July 21, 2020

Confronting the Weaponization of Whiteness in Classrooms

Educators are not immune to the root behaviors we’ve witnessed in viral videos of white people threatening Black people with police intervention. White educators must acknowledge this pattern of behaviors so that they won’t inflict harm on Black students. As viral racist incidents quickly disappear from public discourse, we challenge white teachers to keep those moments top of mind and reflect on their own biased behaviors in classrooms.

Why Lunch Shaming Persists // Cory Collins

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus // TT Staff

How Culturally Responsive Lessons Teach Critical Thinking // Clint Smith
Our New Classroom Film Premieres July 27!
Teaching Tolerance’s new streaming classroom film, Bibi, premieres on July 27! The short film tells the story of a gay, Latinx man and his complicated relationship with his father. Bibi explores intersectionality in a powerful way, featuring both the beauty and conflict that arise as characters navigate queer, Latinx and familial identities. Watch the trailer for Bibi, and be on the lookout for the film and lessons for grades 6–12 coming soon!

Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities

Now is a good time to prepare for how you can best serve your students with disabilities during distance learning. In this article, Dr. Judy Elliott and Dr. George Batsche of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence offer tips for supporting students with learning disabilities through the coronavirus pandemic.

Celebrate the Lives of Two Change Makers

We’re celebrating the lives and work of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian. We’re eternally grateful for their lifelong, courageous activism. As we remember their relentless pursuit of equality, join us in continuing to work for justice and liberation for all. And encourage young people to join us in holding Rep. Lewis, the Rev. Vivian and other change makers as models for who we can be when we decide to make “good trouble.”

Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Justice

Our Social Justice Standards offer K-12 learning outcomes in identity, diversity, justice and action that can align with any subject to help educators develop curriculum and make schools more just, equitable and safe. Use this edition of PD Café to help students recognize and celebrate justice—and call out injustice when they see it.

Check Out What We’re Reading

“When professionals glorify grit, they glorify trauma. They erase systems responsible for trauma and put the responsibility on students to navigate these systems despite the fact that these systems were built for their white counterparts to succeed.” — Teen Vogue

“Despite the hand-wringing that occurs when the nation’s racial value system gets exposed, usually by unspeakable acts of violence, the reality is that this country has never done anything to eradicate the root cause of these atrocities.” — The Boston Globe

“The Trevor Project’s second annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, is shedding light on the urgent need for mental health resources among America’s queer youth. Of the survey’s 40,000 LGBTQ respondents ages 13–24, some 40% reported “seriously considered attempting suicide” in the past 12 months.” — Logo.
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