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Just outside of Washington D.C. yesterday, hundreds of members of the educational press gathered for the annual Association of Educational Publishers Awards banquet.
Teaching Tolerance came home with two top honors -- the Golden Lamp Award for its early grades literacy and character education kit, Rhinos and Raspberries: Tolerance Tales for the Early Grades, and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Periodical of The Year for Teaching Tolerance magazine. The project also garnered three Distinguished Achievement Awards for design.
Released in Fall 2006, Rhinos and Raspberries includes 12 fully illustrated stories, along with activity ideas, discussion prompts and full lesson plans, and has been sent for free to more than 30,000 prek-6 teachers across the U.S. A majority of educators who completed the kit's online evaluation form reported that Rhinos and Raspberries increased students' appreciation for human differences and improved their interpersonal skills. Ninety-six percent said they'd recommend the kit to fellow educators.
Teaching Tolerance magazine is the nation's leading journal dedicated to supporting educators' efforts to nurture respect and understanding among our nation's next generation of leaders. Its 2007 win as Periodical of the Year is a repeat – the magazine also won the honor in 2006. More than 90% of educators who read the magazine reported in a recent survey that Teaching Tolerance helps them think more deeply about diversity issues, be more sensitive to students' needs and be a better teacher.
"Teaching Tolerance is so honored to have been recognized this way by our peers in the educational press," said Jennifer Holladay, the project's interim director.
"We are incredibly grateful to the thousands of educators across the country who continue to make diversity a top priority in their classrooms. And we are so very thankful to the supporters of the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose generosity makes our work possible." |
