Teaching Tolerance magazine examines how to end bullying behavior
Though schools across the nation have adopted anti-bullying policies that protect victims and punish perpetrators, they may be missing an opportunity to address the causes of bullying and help students break free of this behavior, according to the latest issue ofTeaching Tolerance聽magazine, released today by the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
Though schools across the nation have adopted anti-bullying policies that protect victims and punish perpetrators, they may be missing an opportunity to address the causes of bullying and help students break free of this behavior, according to the latest issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine, released today by the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
鈥淭here Are No Bullies鈥� examines bullying behavior and provides strategies educators can use to teach bullying students about healthy relationships. By recognizing that bullying is a behavior and not an identity, schools can help students change their behavior, ultimately protecting other students from bullying.
鈥淐hildren who bully often are trying to fill a particular need,鈥� said Maureen Costello, director of Teaching Tolerance. 鈥淪chools that focus on addressing these underlying issues have an opportunity to prevent future incidents and create a safer school for everyone.鈥�
The Fall 2013 issue of Teaching Tolerance can be viewed . An of the magazine is also available.
The issue also examines how after the tragic Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin, an unlikely partnership has formed between one of the victims鈥� sons and a former skinhead. 鈥淭he Sikh and the Skinhead鈥� looks at how the two joined forces to educate students and fight hate in the classroom.
Other articles provide tips to help educators identify institutional racism in their school as well as strategies to create a welcoming school environment to recruit and retain teachers of color. It also shows how educators can use Common Core State Standards as an opportunity to include texts that provide students with multiple points of view from various racial and ethnic backgrounds.
This issue includes Best Practices: Creating an LGBT-inclusive School Climate, a guide that offers advice on dress codes, gay-straight alliances and school policies that explicitly prohibit anti-LGBT bullying.
Teaching Tolerance magazine, published three times a year, is the nation鈥檚 leading journal serving educators on diversity issues. It is distributed free of charge to more than 450,000 educators nationwide.聽
