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The history of Juneteenth acknowledges hard history while also empowering students to be advocates for change.

The idea of a dress code for parents—like the one at Houston's James Madison High School—should bother us all. Schools need to engage with families as partners in students’ education, not troublemakers to control.

Hate incidents last month included threats and even violence. We’ve got to do better.

The lessons of Reconstruction extend beyond the history classroom.

In this elementary, school-level grant, students learn about each others’ names and their meanings, and they brainstorm strategies for respectfully approaching unfamiliar names.

We can celebrate Dr. King and interrupt the idea that our progress toward justice has been continuous and inevitable.

Instead of lessons about black history and culture, February brought slurs, blackface, threats and even violence at some U.S. schools.

For younger students, understanding that identity-based microaggressions pose a heavier burden than other painful moments is critical to developing anti-racist, empathetic behaviors.