The Teaching Tolerance Summer 2019 issue is packed with thought-provoking pieces on educators finding solidarity in social media (#educolor, #antiracistpedagogy), Black students designing their own community impact, complicity and White fragility, when schools cause trauma, lies and misinformation in our history textbooks, process drama, and teaching the anniversary of Stonewall.

Reading Aloud to Middle School Students - Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers.

Equity, Period - Join the movement to destigmatize menstruation and make schools more accommodating for all students who experience it.

Whose Renaissance Is It? - These middle-schoolers spent months exploring the bridges that connect their gentrifying community and the barriers that divide it. (Teaching Tolerance)

4 Ways to Get Students Moving in Class: Build students’ sense of engagement by incorporating activities that get them out of their seats to work with course content. (Edutopia)

The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning: The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts. (Edutopia)

Research shows that greeting students as they come into class bolsters a feeling of belonging and readiness to learn. (Edutopia)

Speaking Up Without Tearing Down - A veteran human rights educator explains the value of teaching students to call each other in rather than out. (Teaching Tolerance)

Schools Don’t Need to Ban Homework, They Just Need to Make It Better - Research clearly shows that the solution to homework isn’t to abolish it. Instead, we need to make homework as effective and relevant as possible, so students can still learn when their teachers or family aren’t available to help them. (Edutopia)

7 Discoveries from an Active Learning Classroom - A middle school teacher shares the positive impact of her active learning classroom

More Students Are Becoming Activists. Teachers Can Help Strengthen Their Voice. (EdSurge)

Teachers: Don’t Feel Guilty About What You Can’t Do. The System Needs to Change. (EdSurge)

MindShift: The Role of Metacognition in Learning and Achievement (KQED)

Black Male Educators Convening Presents #EDFEST2019 EdFest is the national convergence point of our mission-aligned work and is a platform to highlight the incredible work being done by and for Black Male Educators. Today, 2% of teachers nationwide are Black men. In Philadelphia, this number is only marginally better: about 4% of all teachers are Black men in a district with a student body that is 50% Black and 27% Black male. We know students benefit from working with Black teachers who deeply understand who they are and are invested in their educational progress. This years theme, Education For The Culture, reaffirms the reality that teachers have always been the original influencers. In order to advance the recruitment, development and retention of Black male educators in schools, community-focused education must be the primary driver of change. JOIN BMEC FROM OCTOBER 18TH-20TH AS WE REIGNITE OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND REDEFINE WHAT EDUCATION MEANS FOR THE CULTURE.

Want to gain knowledge and tools for advancing your work and build broader and stronger connections in the arts in education community? Attend the Arts Education Partnership Annual Convening on Sept. 11-12 in Alexandria, VA. The AEP Annual Convening actively supports the role and contribution of the arts in preparing all students for success in school, work and life. Examine how we can collectively advance arts in education for all students when education leaders from across arts disciplines and the broad education policy field learn and work together to explore the latest research, innovative practices and emerging policy approaches. Register by August 30 for early bird rates.