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Use these questions to help students develop critical literacy and historical thinking skills.

Educators have always had the responsibility to stand up to hate and bias—but it's more necessary now than ever.

This first-grade teacher invites Broadway stars to his classroom to build students’ literacy skills in a fun and exciting way.

Simulations as professional development? This school administrator argues they can foster empathy for students with learning differences.

Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States, and its proponents feel emboldened. The antidote? Anti-bias education.

From now on, when we talk about women’s history, the Women’s March should be part of those lessons. Here’s why.

John was in my eighth-grade class. He was a rascal and my favorite kind of student. He was rambunctious and smart as a whip. And he and his family lived in poverty. His favorite memory of middle school is when I gave him detention time after school. “Why’d I get this?” he exclaimed. “Because you’ve racked up four deductions for talking and disrupting class,” I calmly said. He looked down at the detention slip, “Well, OK then.” It’s one of our favorite stories.

A couple of years ago a student approached me after history class. Avoiding eye contact, he trembled a bit before speaking. His voice was shaking. “I am sorry, teacher,” Armando began. “I could not finish my project. My parents were killed a couple days ago.”

An active shooter training video produced in southern California leaves one teacher feeling offended and traumatized.

Some of my favorite teaching moments are when I can shut up and let students teach each other. This magic happened recently when a group of high school students from one of Chicago’s most under-resourced neighborhoods came to our university campus—just a few miles—but an entire world away.