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September 17, 2018

The SPLC and Rock the Vote – a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the political power of young people – today launched a class designed to teach high school students the importance of voting.

Features and Stories
February 28, 2018

We have lost far too many children and educators to massacres in our nation’s schools. In the aftermath of the latest tragedy in Parkland, Florida, lawmakers across the country have recognized that it is time to act on school safety.

February 01, 2018
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and – as a result – students lack a...
Features and Stories
January 31, 2018

Schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and – as a result – students lack a basic knowledge of the important role it played in shaping the United States and the impact it continues to have on race relations in America, according to a study released today by the SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project.

Features and Stories
October 31, 2017

Oct. 31 is typically a day students associate with ghosts, goblins and candy, but at thousands of schools across the country – and around the world – today, Halloween will also be an opportunity for students to step out of their cliques and get to know someone new as part of the 16th National Mix It Up at Lunch Day – an annual school event sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project.

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