Teachers typically enter the classroom with just a few courses in teaching students with learning disabilities or those from diverse racial and ethnic groups. This lack of professional training, combined with the great diversity of today’s classrooms, can lead to challenges in creating a classroom characterized by respect and equity. One resource that provides a wealth of knowledge and high-quality resources is Teaching Tolerance. Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which describes itself as a “nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.”
