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How to help your students talk about race.

The suicides of boys tormented by anti-gay harassment grabbed the public’s attention this fall. Those suicides are the tip of the iceberg. For every tragic and unnecessary case that makes it to the news, there are others we don’t hear about. These are the ones that families are too ashamed to disclose. Then there are scores of suicide attempts that leave parents desperately trying to convince schools to do the right thing.

A law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center details a disturbing pattern: A student is arrested for minor misbehavior, the parents are kept in the dark, and the family finds itself navigating the criminal justice system.

Representations of black people as animals is both a past and present manifestation of the United States’ complicated history with race.

During a day of lessons about Asian-American culture and history, students in this Philadelphia school experienced deep learning and reflection.

How do you respond to co-workers who do not recognize their own privileges? An after-school program staff member shares her experience.

The application window for the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching is open! Learn the ins and outs of this award from Amy Vatne Bintliff, a 2014 awardee.

The needs of limited English proficiency students put special education assessment to the test.