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Implement a successful home-visit program! Our experts tell you how.

Family visits can be helpful for teachers and students, yet it can be hard to figure out how to incorporate them. This team professional development activity gives teachers a chance to determine how family visits might work in their school context.

Institutional racism can be hard to spot. Try our strategies for sniffing it out.

When I was growing up, most of my friends’ families had a mom and a dad. A few parents were divorced and that meant stepdads and stepmoms were also in the picture. That was about the extent of family diversity in my experience. During my teaching credential program, I learned about children having two moms or two dads. I made a mental note to remember this. I have discovered that family configurations are limitless and I now work to be inclusive, aware and respectful.

A family of four came to speak to my high school juniors and seniors. Two dads and their 16-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son talked about their family, the adoption process and their experiences with discrimination and prejudice.