Category: TeachKind
California Bill Seeks to Empower Students to Opt Out of Cruel Animal Dissection
Talk about a class act! THIS new bill could help modernize science education in classrooms AND foster a more compassionate learning environment.
Calling Students, Parents, and Educators: Help Us ‘Cut Out Dissection’ in October
Calling all school districts, parents, and students—this October, let’s take a scalpel to cruel teaching methods and help end classroom dissection.
Uganda’s First Vegan School Wins PETA Kindness Award
One school in Uganda is teaching compassion and empathy for all—including other animals. Here’s why TeachKind is giving it a PETA award.
Teachers: Looking for Animal-Friendly Valentine’s Day Activities?
Along with vegan Valentine’s Day candy and cards, share a lesson of love for animals with a free downloadable kit from PETA’s humane education division.
Is Animal Dissection Effective? A New Review Has the Answer
Animal dissection is still used in some classrooms across the country, but is it really an effective teaching tool? A new review has the answer.
Know a Kind Teacher? TeachKind Has Free Resources on Instagram for Educators
TeachKind is led by former classroom teachers who create content for teaching compassion. See all the tips and resources you can use with your students this school season!
TeachKind Hosts ‘Meet the Author’ Events With Stewart Mitchell, Author of ‘Liberation Summer’
Author Stewart Mitchell visited five schools in New York to help kids learn about the importance of having empathy for animals.
Buffalo Shooting Suspect Allegedly Beheaded Cat Weeks Before Attack
Details coming out following the tragic shooting in Buffalo, New York, show that the alleged shooter reportedly had a history of violence toward animals.
Teacher’s Guest Kills Rabbits Before Dissecting the Animals at a Canadian Elementary School
After students at a Canadian elementary school witnessed a gruesome dissection of rabbits, PETA offered animal-free dissection methods.
Challenging Assumptions: A Social Justice Curriculum
TeachKind’s free “Challenging Assumptions” curriculum empowers students to question societal norms and inspires empathy for all regardless of race, gender, sexual identity, age, ability, or species.
VIDEO: Ellie the Elephant’s Empathy-Building Presentation Goes Virtual!
Ellie, PETA’s robotic elephant, has visited hundreds of schools with a message of compassion. Now she’s available to every parent and teacher for distance learning.
PETA Can Help Make Sure Your Kids Continue Learning at Home
PETA’s humane education division, TeachKind, offers free and fun educational resources for parents to use with their kids—and they’re especially useful during this pandemic.
A Frog PETA Wants You to Dissect!
Introducing SynFrog!
More Than 10 Million Animals Are Used for Dissection Each Year—PETA Is Changing That
Help us make history for animals by making animal dissection a thing of the past.
Youth Cruelty to Animals—It’s an Epidemic
Kids are abusing animals in your state, and education laws that would prevent violence aren’t being enforced. Humane education is urgently needed now. Take action.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind