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The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?

Preserve a child's right to create and explore.

A Florida teenager finds school officials apathetic on sexual harassment.

Student teachers in Washington state experiment with multicultural science

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many families were devastated. Schools were closed for a week or more. Children and adults were stranded.

How much can teachers disclose about their personal religious and nonreligious beliefs to students?

Can clothing inspire collective action? Yes!

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.