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Every kid's a hero.

Oct. 8, was a day of victory for a group of 22 Life Academy students in Oakland, Calif. They are part of a 2-year-old advocacy club called “The Real DREAM Act Movement.” Students met regularly to support in campaigning for the passage of the federal DREAM Act. After several weeks of active letter writing and campaigning, their dream had finally come true: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law AB 131, a companion bill to AB 130, together known as the “California DREAM Act.”

A troubled Florida community becomes a pioneer in discipline reform.

Encourage the change agents in your classroom with this letter of support.

How do we help students fine-tune their skepticism so that it leads to knowledge-seeking and openness to new ideas?

If we look into the heart of bullying, what we often find are deficits of emotional control and empathy. Teaching mindfulness can help.

Through community walks around students’ neighborhoods, educators and school staff can learn from those they teach, creating a stronger and more responsive school community.

Invariably, issues are raised in classrooms that bring charged responses from students. How can educators set the stage for safe, respectful dialogue and learning?

How diverse is your classroom library?

Using activist memoirs can help students understand how people effected change in the past—and how young people can effect change now.