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School activities surrounding Christmas can have unintentional negative consequences like reinforcing commercialism, focusing on "good" and "bad" behavior and isolating students who don't celebrate the holiday.

The crisis in Puerto Rico is complicated and tied to its history with the United States, but educators can address it with students and inspire empathy.

An Indiana community responds to hate in its midst.

I wish I could introduce Santos to many residents in my state. Santos is a fifth-grader at my school. I want to keep him safe. He was in my classroom for the first half of second grade. His parents are migrant workers, so when the spring, summer and fall work on South Carolina farms slows and stops for the winter, they take their family to other places and look for life-sustaining employment. Over the past three years, Santos has spent part of the school years here and part away.

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Identity."

New York City Schools revealed its much-anticipated plan for increasing diversity and access in its public schools. But some critics say it doesn’t go far enough or name the true issue at hand.

Allyship cannot involve checklists. According to this white educator, “The walk—the movement toward allyship—is ongoing.”