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My mother’s birth certificate, dated 1915 and issued in Brooklyn, New York, gives her name as Maria. I knew her only as Mary, the name that appears on her marriage certificate, her social security card and her gravestone. Her sister Philomena was so determined to get away from her name that she had it changed legally to Phyliss. Their brother Philipo chopped his down to Philip. Their other siblings? Anna became Anne, Elisa morphed into Alice and Cosimo was known to his friends as Pete.

Some educators think these widely-used teaching activities may do as much harm as good — at least in anti-bias learning.

Including religious diversity in academic content lessens the threat to individual belief systems and helps students be college and career ready.

Not all kids need the same interventions. Check out part one of our three-part series for bullying interventions that can help the majority of students.

We rush to identify, punish and isolate the racists—like members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity—without scrutinizing racism.