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Several stacks of fake dollar bills enclosed in a Plexiglas case sit at the center of an exhibit entitled “RACE: Are We So Different?” at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. One stack towers over the others. This teetering pile of bills represents the average net worth of “white” people’s assets in relation to those of other racialized groups based upon data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1997 to 2000. While the “Asian” stack is almost as high, the “black” stack can hardly be called a stack at all; the “Latino” stack is almost as low.

Cultural celebrations give students a chance to shine and benefit schools all year long.

This writer had a light-bulb moment about his student's family—and about himself.

For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.

Active parents make a teacher’s job much easier. They check up on homework assignments, help with discipline and guarantee that education is valued.

Stories from the past, like those of Freedom Summer, serve to remind us that change happens when everyday people create it.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

Last summer, my students were fascinated with union suits, the one-piece undergarment. We were getting ready to visit the Minnesota History Center, where a display featured a Minnesota-based company that got its start as a producer of union suits. We previewed the museum’s collection online. The students were quite taken with the red wool outfit with the “trapdoor” over the rear end.

A 7th grade Holocaust history project evolves into a memorial sculpture.