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This teacher looks forward to a time when teachers have the freedom to be role models for their students.

Persepolis helped make the case for open discussion and books reflecting a variety of cultures.

Bring social justice into the science lab. It’s easier than you think.

How do monuments that venerate individuals who promoted hate and bigotry affect our efforts to create a more tolerant society?

Grow food justice in the garden or the classroom.

Many schools are offering civil rights trips over spring break. Find out how you can engage students in your communities and across the country.

Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.

Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.

When Idaho Rep. Brent Crane characterized Rosa Parks as a champion of states’ rights in a recent debate, it was a troubling sign of what happens when a nation doesn’t work hard to remember its history.

A pair of news stories this week reported that students were being silenced and punished when they attempted to speak up for others. This is disappointing.