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Jackie Brown prided herself on teaching her students about disabilities. But could she confront her own feelings about her mother and polio?

For one family, finding a kindergarten classroom meant getting honest about race, class and privilege.

She was always smarter than the curriculum allowed her to be. Now one Miami student is showing future teachers how to keep students engaged.

Parents find grassroots power.

Students with learning disabilities create a documentary film to share their wisdom.

Monica Edwards taught a class of primarily African American and Latino students. Her initial inability to reach them turned into a lesson.

Kawania Wooten’s voice tightens when she describes the struggle she’s having at the school her son attends. When his class created a timeline of civilization, Wooten saw the Greeks, the Romans and the Incas. But nothing was said about Africa, even though the class has several African American students.

Making a space where teachers can talk about difference.

In fiction, children with disabilities are often still segregated, labeled, lonely and lost. These titles will help bring your school’s library into the age of inclusion.

Zero tolerance policies were supposed to end school violence. Instead, they’re pushing students out of school and into the justice system — and children of color are paying the highest price.