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How to help your students talk about race.

Kenji Ima recalls life in America's World War II prison camps. His daughter works with a Seattle-based educational theater company to share his story.

For a high school on South Dakota's Rosebud Reservation, culturally responsive curriculum may be the best antidote to the violence, poverty and growing cultural disconnect hindering student success.

Veteran teacher Dottie Blais writes openly about a question that too often is left unspoken and unanswered: How does a teacher's whiteness get in the way of successful multicultural education?

As the nation celebrates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, educators across the country should be asking what one Oregon teacher does: 'Is this a celebration for Native Americans?'

A play based on real events in Billings, Mont., illuminates issues of tolerance and understanding for young students.

What happens when the role of guest and substitute teachers is complicated through witnessing racism, sexism, prejudice or other mistreatment?

Every year, teachers find themselves at the center of banned-book debates, wondering how to teach meaningful literature in chilled atmospheres.

A 9th-grade English unit helps students analyze legacy behind Native American mascots.

Teaching Tolerance director Kelvin Datcher ponders the legacy of Brown v. Board.