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The cover story of the , 鈥淭each 2016,鈥� explores the five questions or concerns raised by educators in a recent Teaching Tolerance survey that found the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on students, including an increase in bullying of students whose races, religions or nationalities have been targeted by candidates. More than 40 percent of educators responding to the survey said they were hesitant to teach about the election.

鈥淭eachers are facing a real dilemma in the classroom this election year,鈥� said Maureen Costello, Teaching Tolerance director. 鈥淭he election offers a great opportunity to teach about the political process but there鈥檚 also the risk of normalizing the objectionable behavior and language we鈥檝e seen this year. Fortunately, there are ways for teachers to teach these valuable lessons despite what we鈥檝e seen on the campaign trail.鈥�

The magazine aims to from repeating certain words or phrases used by candidates, address xenophobic ideas repeated by a student, and prevent students from isolating classmates who support a particular candidate.

It also examines other election-year topics, including and how to teach students to through meaningful and respectful conversations. The magazine offers a professional development activity to help teachers maintain objectivity while discussing election topics. And it explores the faced by some American Indians 鈥� a group with a lower voting rate than any other demographic in state and national elections.

Other topics explored in this issue include how teachers can address topics such as聽 as well as how educators can ensure prepares them to be responsible citizens.

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 410,000 educators nationwide.