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Social justice theater can teach your students to take the story into their own hands.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance writes on critics' objections to the magazine's treatment of gay and lesbian issues

Gender-fluid young people navigate a variety of gender-specific spaces throughout their day at school. From seating charts based on gender to dress codes and roles in school activities, we ask students to put themselves

I like to switch things up every once in a while, so I assigned my high school students a project I’d never done before—a gift book. In addition to the academic value, I hoped to strengthen at least one teen-adult connection at a time when it’s sometimes hard to just grunt, “Good morning,” without an argument. (I know this because I have two teens in my own house.) I also wanted students to be able to create a keepsake to give a loved one during the holiday season. Many students could not afford to buy anything. In our rural school, many students come from low-income homes.

Use these questions to help students develop critical literacy and historical thinking skills.

In her constant search for strategies for students, this teacher found that basket weaving helped her students improve focus and concentration.

One recent November, a discussion about plants as a food source led Cowley's first-grade class to talk about hunger. The class decided to bake pies and cookies to deliver to a local church's Thanksgiving dinner for

How do you ensure students get the most out of black history and Black History Month? Here are some suggestions.