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Educator Jamilah Pitts introduces ways to discuss Black Lives Matter across all grade levels.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on social change in South Africa.

Bring social justice into the science lab. It’s easier than you think.

Kalief Browder ended his own life after spending three years in a justice system that showed him no justice.

After reading Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, this teacher is doubling down on his efforts to root the study of literature and written expression in an emancipatory impulse.

Earlier this year I spoke with a group of teachers who reported seeing a dramatic increase in the number of Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) in their school district. Among their common concerns was a fear of not being able to effectively communicate with the students and their families. These teachers wanted to reach all their students and make them part of their class communities. And, they were very concerned with meeting the adequate yearly progress (AYP).

When LGBT teachers have to live in fear of being outed, their capacity to service students in an authentic way is diminished.