Issue 64, Spring 2020

When it comes to presenting a full account of American experience, your average U.S. history or social studies textbook just isn’t cutting it. Stories about people of color and Indigenous peoples are often set outside the main narrative, literally pushed to margins or sidebars. But some social studies teachers are turning to an unusual source to re-center these histories: young readers’ editions of social justice books. Learn more about how educators are using this growing genre in this issue’s cover story, “The New YA.”

Read on for a look at why this year’s census is so crucial, how a group of Las Vegas moms is fighting hate in their school community, and how advocates are working to fix our broken school lunch system. Find these stories and more in the Spring 2020 issue of Teaching Tolerance, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an issue.

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Illustration of a young person reading under a yellow light while surrounded by a scene from the book they are reading.

The New YA

Young readers’ editions can change the way we teach history.

Issue 64, Spring 2020

The Census Counts

What your school community needs to know about the 2020 Census.

Silhouette-style illustration featuring a young person looking at a fork whose individual prongs are bent under the weight of hanging price tags.

Why Lunch Shaming Persists

Lunch inequities have gone on for decades, but there’s a clear solution.

Teaching America’s Interwoven Histories

The shared history of African Americans and Indigenous Americans is rarely taught. TT talked to Professor Tiya Miles about why we can’t understand American history without it.

Illustration of five diverse young people sitting at a table together conversing, indicated via colorful speech bubbles.

Let's Talk About It!

Our new and improved guide for facilitating critical conversations with students.

Alexandra Melnick sits in front of a brick wall with several posters hanging behind her.

They Deserve Better

Mississippi students were inspired by local civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer to fight for justice in their community today.

Illustration of several separate and distressed people looking at or using their phones.

Responding to Hate and Bias in the West

A Las Vegas school made headlines when hate shook its campus. Now a group of parents is fighting to ensure children learn in a safer and more equitable environment.