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Jackie Brown prided herself on teaching her students about disabilities. But could she confront her own feelings about her mother and polio?

Play isn’t just for recess—it’s integral to the way children learn.

Investigate borders with these lesson ideas from the Smithsonian Institution Center for Cultural and Folklife Heritage.

My curls tickle my face. My fingers feverishly sort though papers. I make last-minute decisions for the day. A former student, who stops by every day, chats by my side. It’s 7:30 a.m., and I’m depending on Folgers to usher me into a coherent state when I hear this student say, “Mrs. Yahn, ever since your class last year, I just can’t stop talking. I used to say nothing in class, but now I talk all the time. You taught me that.”

From December 1993 through September 2011, the U.S. military allowed gay and lesbian service members to serve in the armed forces as long as they didn’t disclose their sexual orientation. This policy is commonly referred

Latino students in East L.A. plant a tribute to Japanese Americans.

What makes 20th-century political theorist Hannah Arendt’s analysis so relevant to our times, and what might educators gain from studying her works?