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Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?

As a fourth-grade teacher, sometimes I feel like the social director on a cruise ship. On the playground, I try to match up students with peers. “Why don’t you go and see what Alanna is doing?” Or sometimes, “It looks like Daniel and Hunter are having fun playing tag—let’s practice how you could go and ask them if you can join in.” Then in the classroom, I pair students up to accomplish tasks. “Melanie and Jorge, you’ll be working together to read for science today.”

Student pushback against mixing up their lunchtime seating can be a perfect teaching opportunity.

A Florida suicide raises sobering questions about how to stop bullying.

When LFJ’s manager for teaching and learning—then a fifth-grade teacher—shared his personal story about the 9/11 attacks with his students, a fascinating, in-depth conversation about narrative writing occurred.

Denver students confront racial tracking at their high school.