Educators: K - 12

Books

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development
'Beyond Heroes and Holidays' is a practical guide to K-12 anti-racist, multicultural education and staff development. It's a key resource for any educator that wants to go beyond the "heroes and holidays" approach to multicultural education, and includes sections on inservice and pre-service development for teachers.
Author: Enid Lee
Category: Educators: K - 12

The First R : How Children Learn Race and Racism
In a touching and revealing look at how kids learn racist attitudes, the authors present stories that will change the way parents, teachers, and other educators understand the world as seen by children.
Author: Debra Van Ausdale
Category: Educators: K - 12

National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation: Online Anti-Racism Resources
An online list of anti-racism resources for teachers, this website includes links to a wide variety of materials and information from many different organizations, including both free online resources as well as links to supplemental curriculum and lesson plans.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Partners Against Hate: Anti-hate lessons, resources, and guides for teachers
Partners against Hate offers a wide variety of free online anti-hate lessons and resources, as well as downloadable guides for elementary and middle school educators to help students resist hate, create a peer leadership program, and confront prejudice before it begins.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Responding to Hate at School: a free guide from Tolerance.org
This free 68 page guide (available online in pdf format) offers educators ways to respond to hate crimes in schools, including everyday actions, preventative measures, an emergency response guide, a list of hate symbols, and much more.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Ten Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Racism and Sexism
From the Anti-Bias Curriculum, this free online resource is the standard guide for evaluating children's books to find racism and sexism.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Anti-Defamation League's A Classroom of Difference
Program is designed to address diversity issues in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school communities. Site includes online lessons and resources.
Category: Educators: K - 12

National Association for Multicultural Education
Advocates to incorporate multicultural education in all aspects of school practices and policies.
Category: Educators: K - 12

National Indian Education Association
NIEA supports traditional Native cultures and values, enables Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, promotes Native control of educational institutions, and improves educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the U.S.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Partners Against Hate
Offers education and counteraction strategies for young people and community-based professionals who work with youth.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Rethinking Schools
A non-profit publisher of educational materials, Rethinking Schools advocates the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on equity and social justice. Site includes many online articles and link to purchase a subscription.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Teaching for Change - Building Social Justice, Starting in the Classroom
Provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into socially equitable centers of learning where students become architects of a better future.
Category: Educators: K - 12

Tolerance.org
Promotes and supports anti-bias activism through online resources and ideas.
Category: Educators: K - 12