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The ABCs of Black
History
In this installment of the ABCs (Anti-Bias
Classroom), Teaching Tolerance offers resources
to help teachers and students connect history with contemporary
racism and racial disparities.
SCHOOL INTEGRATION: Then and
Now
This year, our nation marks the 50th anniversary of
the Little Rock Nine -- nine black schoolchildren who braved violent
racism to integrate Central High School in 1957. Today's Central
High students
and teachers look back at the past to help change the
future.
Does Your School's Health
Program Promote Size Bias?
Camille Jackson investigates
the unintended consequences of many school-based, anti-obesity
programs and finds new solutions within the size acceptance
community.
Rejecting the 'Culture of
Poverty'
Ruby Payne and others who write and speak about
poverty at the national level often focus teachers' attention on the
so-called 'culture
of poverty.' The problem, explains Paul Gorski, is no such
culture exists.
Anti-Gay Harassment in Middle
Schools
Gay-straight alliances are taking
hold in middle schools, where homophobia and anti-gay harassment
may be the most rampant.
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