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Two experts offer opinions on what to expect from the economic crisis - and how to help your students cope.

Encouraging students to think through problems in the contemporary media landscape can help them become more active, open-minded knowledge-seekers.

A 6-year-old saw something no one else did. Her response taught the community about fairness—and the power of children’s voices.

No student is too young to participate in conversations about equality and social justice, but words are not the only means through which students can imagine a better future.

A recent news segment offers a great lesson in privilege and the dangerous social function of humor based on identity.

In his 2003 ASCD Educational Leadership article, Creating a School Community, author and educator Eric Schaps states, ”a growing body of research confirms the benefits of building a sense of community in school. Students

This past February, our school abandoned the traditional Valentine’s Day love note exchange, opting instead to encourage school-wide participation in a new activity we called the “Valentine’s Day Apology Note Project.”

Twenty-eight teachers in my master’s level class silently moved en masse to the right side of the room to signify that they would teach the civil rights movement to their elementary students. In fact, most considered it negligent to ignore this historic movement that brought about the end of segregation in our country.