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Why are there so few girls in computer science? And how can we change that?

After regretting her response to a student’s body-image concerns, this teacher plans to use her own body struggles to offer a stronger response next time.

Misinformation and online hate are crisis-level threats to democracy and liberation movements. Digital literacy education must be among the solutions.

The story of Emmett Till, in part, represents a fight against erasure and mistruths. Recently, a group of students joined that fight.

What makes 20th-century political theorist Hannah Arendt’s analysis so relevant to our times, and what might educators gain from studying her works?

Encouraging students to think through problems in the contemporary media landscape can help them become more active, open-minded knowledge-seekers.

A few years ago, a picture from The Roanoke Times became the fodder for emails and blog posts. It spread across the Internet in a matter of days, eventually ending up on late-night network talk shows. It began as part of a simple and obscure local news story about road construction. In the article, a pregnant woman in her 30s wondered what effect the high decibel sounds of jackhammers and earth-moving equipment would have on her unborn child. What made this conjecture so worthy of scorn and mockery?

The winner of the 2012 presidential election will face huge challenges when it comes to education. So we asked our readers to tell this year’s candidates why students matter, what they need and how to improve schools.

We each have a part to play, a role uniquely ours each day. I’d raised my hand often enough and spoke about equity and LGBT rights during my years in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District to convince myself I was accomplishing the role I’d chosen when I decided to teach.

March 10-14 is Brain Awareness Week. Take a moment to learn more about how brain awareness can actually change your students’ attitudes about their own brains—and even help them be more successful in school.