Updated March 3, 2026
NAIS has compiled this list of resources to help NAIS school leaders and educators as they support their students, families, and communities; guide students through understanding conflicts, their context, and their impact; and manage complex conversations in their communities.
Supporting Your Students and Your Community
- Supporting Affected Communities During the Iran Crisis (Intercultural Networks Group)
- How to Talk to Students About the U.S.-Iran Conflict (Education Week)
- Education For Children And Young People Formerly Associated With Armed Forces And Armed Groups (UNESCO and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict)
- Supporting Youth Affected by the Violence in Israel and Gaza: Tips for Families and Educators (National Association of School Psychologists)
Helping Children Cope with Upsetting News Events
- Explaining the News to Our Kids (Common Sense Media)
- Helping Children Cope with Frightening News (Child Mind Institute)
- How to Talk to Children about Difficult News (American Psychological Association)
- Helping Children Cope with Terrorism–Tips for Families and Educators (National Association of School Psychologists)
- Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Talking to Children About Tragedies (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event (Child Mind Institute)
- Promoting Compassion and Acceptance in Crisis (National Association of School Psychologists)
- Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents and Teachers of Elementary School Children (American Psychological Association)
- Nine Tips for Talking With Kids About Trauma (Greater Good Magazine, Berkely.edu)
Teaching Resources
- Teaching About the Israel-Hamas War (The New York Times)
- Religious Diversity & Bridgebuilding (Interfaith America)
- Fostering Civil Discourse: How Do We Talk About Issues That Matter (Facing History and Ourselves)
- Hamas-Israel War: Resources (A series of short, animated videos from the Institute for Curriculum Services on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process
- Historical Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (PBS NewsHour Classroom)
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Council on Foreign Relations)
Addressing Intolerance and Bias at School
- Creating Conditions for Civil Discourse in Schools (NAIS Independent Ideas blog)
- The Bystander Effect: Teaching Students How to Step Up (NAIS Independent Ideas blog)
- School Response to Bullying, Intolerance, and Hate: A Quick Guide for Action (Not In Our Town)
- Responding to Hate and Bias at School: A Guide for Administrators, Counselors and Teachers (Learning for Justice)
- Resources on Antisemitism and Islamophobia (Facing History & Ourselves)
- Tools and Strategies: Antisemitism Today (ADL)
- Confronting Islamophobia (Facing History & Ourselves)
- NAIS Webinar: Learning to Challenge Antisemitism
- NAIS Webinar: Islamophobia and Its Impact
- Structural Racism Explained (The Othering & Belonging Institute)
- Teaching Materials on Antisemitism and Racism (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- How to Explain and Help Students Navigate Today’s Polarization (Edutopia)
- Promoting Fair and Just Schools (National Institutes of Health)
- Talk and Take Action: Parents' and Caregivers' Guide to Countering Antisemitism (Shoah Foundation and Nickelodeon)
Communicating with Your School Community
- NAIS Webinar Recording: Navigating World Events and Institutional Statements
- When Should a School Issue an Official Statement? (NAIS, Independent School magazine)
- Getting to We: Communicating in the Age of Polarization (NAIS, Independent School magazine)
- Practice (and Preach) Civility in Public and Private Discourse (Beyond Intractability)
- NAIS Institute on Intercultural Dialogue in Partnership with the Institute for Global Learning (IGL)