August 27, 2019

Talk About Mental Illness All Year —Not Just After a Shooting

The days and weeks following a national tragedy shouldn’t be the only times we talk about mental health with students. In addition to identifying mental health issues and improving students’ access to care, It is critical schools promote mental health literacy and reduce stigma year-round. Read why.

Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media // Cory Collins

The Walk of Love // Janice Cohn

When Schools Cause Trauma // Carrie Gaffney
Podcast Episode: The Hidden History of American Slavery
American slavery shaped our modern world and most certainly the foundation and development of what is now the United States. The Smithsonian’s Eduardo Díaz and Renée Gokey discuss the importance of learning about Indigenous enslavement. And TT Director Maureen Costello explains all of Teaching Tolerance’s classroom resources available for teaching this history, including a first-of-its-kind K–5 framework. Listen here.

How One School Stopped Tracking Students

Tracking and ability grouping remain common practices in schools across the country, despite research showing these practices contribute to segregated classes and opportunity gaps. In Walla Walla, Washington, a group of educators decided to try something different. Click here to learn more about this school’s path to de-tracking students.

Talking White Fragility With Author Robin DiAngelo

Robin DiAngelo, author of the bestselling book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism, believes white people committed to anti-racist work need to start with themselves. For the latest issue of our magazine, we sat down with DiAngelo and discussed why white educators must build their emotional stamina to do this work. Read the story and watch the video of our interview with DiAngelo here

When They See Us in Schools

Netflix recently released Ava DuVernay’s powerful limited series When They See Us. It tells the story of the Central Park Five, now known as the Exonerated Five: black and brown teenage boys wrongfully convicted of the sexual assault of a white woman in 1989. As a white educator who teaches about mass incarceration, a Teaching Tolerance Awardee decided she won’t be using the show in her classroom. Here’s why—and what she’ll teach instead.

Check Out What We're Reading

“We know from starvation studies that hunger negatively impacts concentration, particularly on demanding, long-duration tasks. … You can see how a chronically malnourished child would be less alert and attentive in class, less likely to process and retain important building blocks of learning, and over time, less likely to succeed academically.” — Teen Vogue

“Called ‘A Peace Plan for a Safer America,’ the ambitious platform … goes much further than the current debate over universal background checks and ‘red flag’ laws, which would apply to people who could be a danger to themselves and others.” — The Washington Post

“For gender-nonconforming campers, a new all-gender cabin at Camp Tawonga was a rare respite from the outside world, where bullying and the feeling of not fitting in can make growing up difficult.” — The New York Times

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