Showing students the value of differences among people is the aim, say educators at Glenside Elementary School. But if we work together, Moving it's a cinch. That just about sums up an important lesson that Goldberg is hoping to instill in her young charges.
Kids can be cruel and use differences in a negative fashion.
We want to show them how to appreciate them. Goldberg got the idea after she took a diversity-training class at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. She applied for and received a small grant from the Southern Law Poverty Center in Montgomery, Ala., whose Teaching Tolerance project supplies low-cost educational materials. To anyone looking at the young faces at the school, it's obvious that Glenside Elementary is made up of children from all backgrounds. That makes it even more important to have a plan in place to address differences, Goldberg said.