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Last week, we posed a question to students via their teachers: What advice would you give to the new president? Their thoughtful responses blew us away.

Every year around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the news media start quoting his “I Have A Dream” speech. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a great speech – certainly one of the best ever given in the cause of civil rights.

When this teacher assigned her students to debate a topic, they learned more than effective argumentation—they learned how to consider the perspectives of others.

New curriculum offers step-by-step lessons for engaging in effective argument on divisive issues.

In the wake of the election results, one teacher tries to help students reflect clearly on the voters who decided the election—and to maintain hope.

Students, like adults, need to feel as if their talents and interests are valuable to their communities.

Thursday and Friday mornings, I have cafeteria duty at my elementary school. I always smile when our younger students come through the breakfast line. Their heads are at the level of the serving racks, so they have to hold their hands up to get their trays of food. I have to help them or we will have pancakes and syrup everywhere.

Use these questions to help students develop critical literacy and historical thinking skills.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello discusses the difficulty of teaching the 2016 election.

Students, parents and administrators have hotly debated the issue of school uniforms for decades. Proponents of school uniforms believe that they save money, prevent violence, alleviate social pressures and improve