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Teaching Tolerance: Meet the Teacher Who Started Gay-Straight Alliances

Source: Edutopia

Teacher Bob Parlin launched the first gay-straight alliance in a public school. Today, this national network provides a powerful dose of social and emotional learning for students of every orientation.

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