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Parents of color and parents of conscience, whose children make up the majority of students in public education, must be centered in conversations on race and inclusive education.

Study circles help students talk constructively about race.

The state of the union when the Brown decision came down.

From full-length features to 10-minute shorts, these films caught our attention—and deserve yours.

Teaching Tolerance director Lecia J. Brooks reflects on the still segregated nature of our public schools.

I walked down the newly plowed row with my grandpa, feeling the warm, red clay on the soles of my bare feet and listened to his stories and words of advice. I held a tomato plant in my hands, the rich, black potting soil falling off of the small, vulnerable roots, as he knelt and dug a place for it in the garden. “Hey,” he’d often start, “here's something my daddy told me when I was little. ‘God gave you two ears and one mouth because He wants you to listen twice as much as you speak. If you do that, you'll learn something. If you don't, you won't.’”

As the instructor of Human Relations and South Dakota Indian Studies classes, I am beaming with pride that our university students choose to tutor K-12 American Indian students. Not only do the pre-service teacher education majors gain valuable experiences with one-on-one tutoring, but as an added benefit, the academic achievement of the K-12 students is improving.

School districts in Washington state illustrate the power of making language access foundational—not an add-on.