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What "little" things do you do that might marginalize your students in poverty?

Every widespread meme has an origin story. But understanding both the context and the consequences can teach us something about ourselves.

Catherine Alene reflects on the power of positive classroom experiences for our most vulnerable learners.

It can be daunting but also amusing to set the context for Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird. If my students thought the 1992 L.A. Riots were “back in the day,” imagine how long ago the 1930’s feel to them. Not only that, but when I refer to the southern United States, several of them think I really mean “a place near L.A.”To conquer this, we spent a period locating Alabama on the map, sipping sweet southern tea and checking out Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era photos. I even play a compilation of tunes that were popular then, including A Tisket, A Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald. Overall, we have fun as we look back.

The TT audience weighed in on a school dilemma ripped from the headlines: ‘Students petition to display Confederate flag at school, turn in 300 signatures.’

To develop the next generation of civic leaders, educate children early and in age-appropriate ways about their identities and key concepts about race.

The 2008 election showed us that true progress in the struggle for equality is possible. Yet there is still much work to be done.