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A third-grade teacher shares how she uses diverse picture books to surround her students with mirrors and windows—and to combat implicit biases.

This educator asks, “How can I as a white ally amplify the voices of those affected by racial violence? How can I honor their stories?”

We need to push back against the message that students’ intelligence and appearances are related.

The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Learn the ins and outs of this award from Amy Vatne Bintliff, a 2014 awardee.

What’s your go-to text by an indigenous author? This educator calls attention to the limitations of using only Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, and offers a detailed list of suggested additional readings.

Librarian Amy Trulock shows her visitors that, even in a closed facility, their library can be a positive, affirming space.

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.

Read this installment of the "Why I Teach" series.

Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights curriculum inspires students to defend human rights today.