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You’re forgiven if you missed it. Late last month, Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included text that “apologizes … to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States.” Not only was news of the measure knocked from front pages by the health care debate and Tiger Woods, it was well-camouflaged within the 2010 defense appropriations bill.

Writing poems can help students address difficult issues and become agents for social change.

After learning that a group of mostly African-American women was removed from a wine train for allegedly being too loud, this teacher reflects on how similar dynamics affect students in classrooms.

The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?

Asian-American students give voice to the challenges of living in two cultures.

What can we say to our kids after a week like this one?

This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.

Using Barack Obama's historic speech on race in the classroom.

Teaching Tolerance director Kelvin Datcher ponders the legacy of Brown v. Board.