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Life can be tough for LGBT students in rural schools. But like kids in more urban areas, that can change with the right kind of support from teachers and parents.

Recently I suspended a seventh-grade boy for publicly calling his former girlfriend a “slut” and a “whore.” Our rules on slurs are clear. But as I learned again, talking about something in class doesn’t always affect student behavior, especially if the unwanted behavior isn’t corrected or condemned outside of the classroom.

How diverse is your classroom library?

The rhetoric used by this summer’s Olympic media has given educators many rich examples to introduce students to intersectionality.

It’s National Book Month—the perfect time to motivate readers by using YA literature in the classroom!

How can educators and school leaders close the achievement gap for African-American girls?

Missing an opportunity to speak up creates another opportunity–to practice for next time.

As part of our bedtime routine, I was excited to share a new book with my 4-year-old daughter. My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis would be our story for the evening. We began, as always, by reading the title and looking at the illustrations.

For two years I taught preschool to a diverse group of energetic children. Every morning one boy would enter the classroom, throw down his stuff, run over to the dress-up corner and slip into a shimmery polyester wedding gown.