Teaching Tolerance Magazine

Issue 31, Spring 2007

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Central High School and the Little Rock Nine

Fifty years after the Little Rock Nine integrated Central High, Teaching Tolerance looks back and ponders the present, taking readers from Arkansas to the Supreme Court to answer this question: How does this historic moment inform the present and future of school integration and equitability?

The Spring 2007 issue also confronts the bias and harassment faced by gay and lesbian students and low-income students, as well as the challenges of striking a balance between promoting health and size acceptance.

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Features

'At Risk' of Greatness

Teacher Lisa Weinbaum honors students who break stereotypes, defy odds and make the world a better place.

The Question of Class

Paul Gorski calls on fellow educators examine the classist assumptions infiltrating classrooms and schools.

'THIS is Why We Need a GSA'

Gay-straight alliances are taking hold in middle schools, where homophobia and anti-gay harassment may be the most rampant.

Fat… So?

Human beings come in all sizes. How can educators promote health -- and size acceptance?

Departments

Perspectives

Then and Now

Will the Supreme Court outlaw purposeful integration of our schools?
One World

Marian Anderson

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