The °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Teaching Tolerance project recognized five teachers with the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching – a biennial award given to K-12 educators nationwide who excel at promoting respect and a passion for justice among students.
Teachers can be powerful allies for students by ensuring that they feel respected and safe at school regardless of their race, religion, socioeconomic status, LGBT identity or other identity, but it isn’t always an easy task, according to the of the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Teaching Tolerance magazine, released this week.
A survey of approximately 2,000 teachers by the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± indicates that the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on schoolchildren across the country, according to a report released today.
When it comes to technology in the classroom, educators shouldn’t be satisfied by the sight of students focused on the glow of a screen, but should ask what uses of technology actually help all students in diverse U.S. classrooms learn, grow and thrive, according to research highlighted in the latest issue of the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Teaching Tolerance magazine, released today.
Award honors five teachers preparing students for diverse society.
As an election-year approaches, we offer strategies to engage students in the democratic process.
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Teaching Tolerance project announced today the educators it has selected to serve on an advisory board that will help the award-winning program develop anti-bias materials for use in classrooms across the country.
Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push some of a school’s most vulnerable students out of class and into the justice system.
These schools found innovative ways to break down social barriers and cultivate respect and inclusiveness.
The °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s new classroom documentary, Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot, tells the story of the 1965 Selma voting rights struggle through the eyes of teachers and students who were at the forefront of the movement.
