A Message From Our New Director—With Big News!
In her first magazine column, our new director, Jalaya Liles Dunn, shares today’s big news: Teaching Tolerance is now Learning for Justice! Our new issue will be the final issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine. Read Liles Dunn’s farewell to Teaching Tolerance and see why this issue looks ahead to the work we’ll be doing as Learning for Justice. And make sure you’re subscribed to receive the first issue of Learning for Justice magazine in the fall.
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Math in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation
Social justice education isn’t limited to humanities courses. In our new Spring issue, two math educators explain how their commitment to equity informs the way they teach. Read why they say, “We believe in the power of mathematics to quantify the past and present and to also serve as a tool for liberation.”
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What It Means to Be an Anti-racist Teacher
Anti-racist educators often hear that what they’re doing is “extra,” that it “doesn’t belong at school,” that it “isn’t real work” and that it’s “indoctrination.” Those sentiments are the work of white supremacy, and Lorena Germán, co-founder of Multicultural Classroom and #DisruptTexts, sat down with us to break all of it down.
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Black Male Educators Create Space for Joy
Black men make up 2% of public school teachers, yet they’re overwhelmingly expected to handle cultural competency and discipline issues. It can be isolating, so many of them are joining together. Learn how Black male educators are resisting white supremacy as they build community.
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The Classical Roots of White Supremacy
For most Americans, the classical world means Greece and Rome. That idea is ahistorical—and it’s an intentional creation of white supremacy. This miseducation is rampant in classics instruction, but it also shows up in math, literature and just about every other discipline. Read on to learn how a critical approach can turn things around.
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