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Chaotic classrooms distract students and lead to educator burnout. Our toolkit can help you consider a fresh approach to classroom management.

From Selma to Ferguson and beyond, implicit bias has been at play. But educators can take steps to understand this bias and move toward solutions.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello talks empathy as a means to move forward.

“Man that boy booty sweaty!” The comment rang out in a room that was supposed to be silent. Although the student whose “booty” was being discussed was out of the room and seemingly unscathed by his classmate’s remarks, I knew I had to address this like any other incident of disrespect. Since there are some students (most, I’d wager), who would be made uncomfortable by this type of remark, everyone needs to know that it’s not okay to say such a thing. It’s an opportunity for me to help a teenager hone empathy into a habit.

When it comes to the damage inflicted by racist mascots and sports posturing, apologies are not enough.

Students who experience trauma often exhibit behaviors we associate with defiance, indifference or attention-deficit disorders. This toolkit and additional resources can help us overcome those assumptions and respond to such behaviors in trauma-sensitive ways.

As educators, we cannot be silent about hate. We must take a stand and equip our students to do the same.

When faced with bullying, teachers, counselors and administrators often find it much easier to sympathize with bullied students than with students who bully. When interacting with youth who bully, keep in mind one of the

My colleagues thought my teaching Lord of the Flies was “perfect.” My seventh-grade class is two-thirds male. The group contains several strong personalities and many “followers,” who often mimic bad behavior. Last year, teachers struggled with this group, several instances of bullying, and a developing culture of negativity. I saw the power struggles on the first day of school and knew I had to address them early.

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