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It’s time to update the way we think—and talk—about immigrant students.

It was Black History Month. I was working with children and youth in an after-school program in the Clarksdale housing projects in Louisville, Ky. Spike Lee's film Malcolm X had just been released. I sat around a table with a group of teenagers discussing Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and James Cone’s Martin & Malcolm & America.

The joys of teaching Huck Finn to today's youth.

Critical literacy can expose the assumption that whiteness is “normal” and provide students support for talking about difficult topics.

Bayard Rustin’s participation in the civil rights movement enshrined his place in the history of the 20th century, and his life’s work has become newly relevant during a time when LGBTQ rights are at the forefront of the American conscience.

By outward appearance, this writer looks white—but she doesn't see herself that way.

Looking for a new way to engage your students? Try one they probably already know and love.

Anyone who laments that American young people are apathetic, uninvolved or not sufficiently outraged clearly isn't up on the news.

Student filmmakers promote dialogue and activism in their communities.

Challenging children's — and adults' — misperceptions about the African continent.