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My son was a 16-year-old high school junior on 9/11/2001. He could see the twin towers burning a few miles across the harbor from his school in Staten Island, N.Y. Across the country, other students watched the images on television, either as they were happening or later, as they looped endlessly on cable news.

If we look into the heart of bullying, what we often find are deficits of emotional control and empathy. Teaching mindfulness can help.

This excerpt accompanies the Teaching Tolerance lesson "Pauli Murray: Fighting Jane and Jim Crow."

Reading and writing about the work of activists helped this teacher and her students realize that they can make social change by starting small.

The Departments of Education and Justice have taken steps to help schools divert the school-to-prison pipeline. How will your school respond?

What are the important textual touchstones in your life?

Making families an active part of the educational process isn’t just about making them feel included; it is a critical practice that can help children connect and feel safe in the classroom.

The early grades are time when students gain significant personal experience grappling with their own ideas about right and wrong. This toolkit lets students work from experience to talk about knotty ethical issues.

Here’s how one teacher is engaging her students on Day of the Girl, observed annually on October 11. Try these ideas in your classroom, too.