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Several stacks of fake dollar bills enclosed in a Plexiglas case sit at the center of an exhibit entitled “RACE: Are We So Different?” at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. One stack towers over the others. This teetering pile of bills represents the average net worth of “white” people’s assets in relation to those of other racialized groups based upon data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1997 to 2000. While the “Asian” stack is almost as high, the “black” stack can hardly be called a stack at all; the “Latino” stack is almost as low.

During a period of ramped-up online trolling, educators can help their students understand what trolling really is, its impact and how to protect their identities on the internet.

As the current election cycle reaches its climax, establishing “intellectually safe” communities of inquiry can help mitigate the negative effects the campaign has had on children and classrooms.

Helping students get back on track after an absence not only helps them learn, it helps them maintain positive connections to your classroom.

It’s never too late to become who we want to be in the classroom.

How to teach students to respectfully engage with peers of differing religious belief systems.

Prepare yourself to discuss race, racism and other difficult topics with students.

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