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A 9th-grade English unit helps students analyze legacy behind Native American mascots.

Mitali Perkins explores the bittersweet aspects of immigration.

When I entered the classroom to interpret for the middle school parent and teacher conference, the student shouted that I wasn’t necessary. The teacher had called for my services because for two semesters she had been telling the mother that her son was flunking. And for two semesters, the mother had grinned ecstatically and said, “Thank you”—her only English words. The son had “interpreted” to his mother that he was on the honor roll.

As I head back to the classroom, I think about the last school year. In the second-to-last week of school, my fifth-grade classroom was 90 degrees, with no air conditioning. My students were sitting together, helping each other, laughing, struggling and having fun. At the beginning of the year, they were unsure of each other. They smiled politely but kept to themselves or the friends they knew and never asked for help. So what had changed?

This true story is about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II.

Anti-hate and anti-bullying policies aren’t enough in the fight against Islamophobia.

This toolkit for “Expelling Islamophobia” outlines a six-step lesson plan using the short film American Muslims: Facts vs. Fiction. The purpose is to foster all students’ religious literacy and improve school climate for Muslim students and other vulnerable student groups.

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

The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.

Educators have always had the responsibility to stand up to hate and bias—but it's more necessary now than ever.