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What do you do with a teacher who provides students with authentic learning opportunities? A teacher who invests her own resources to support students? A teacher who was voted Teacher of the Year two of the last three years? If you’re Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell at the Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School in Pontiac, Mich., you fire her.

Celebrating Lacks’ life offers opportunities to teach science and ethics.

When “This is stupid!” means “I need help.”

Three years ago, a young activist used social media to put her idea into practice. Now her effort to honor Native people is an international event—and it keeps growing.

We all make mistakes. How teachers respond has everything to do with whether or not their students feel valued as human beings.

Going into children’s communities is the best way for teachers to learn about the cultural wealth existing in homes and to understand the importance of including families in the education of their children.

Dispelling stigma allows young people to get the mental health support they need.

Two drastically different images of the American flag have appeared in popular culture. What might they reveal about the state of race relations in the United States?

I don’t have an answer to the question, “How should I talk to my students about Garissa?” But I have some real fears about the dangers of not contextualizing this incident.