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Leslie, a 38-year-old social worker who counsels children with stressful life situations, found her 4-year-old daughter, Sophia, engaged in animated play with her dolls. She watched incredulously as Sophia invited the four white dolls with blonde hair to a tea party while the dark-skinned doll with black hair lay alone across the room.

The Anoka-Hennepin school district, Minnesota’s largest, has been in the national spotlight since last year. That’s when several students who were gay or perceived to be gay committed suicide. According to friends and family, the students had one thing in common: They had been bullied at school.

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, one of our teaching and learning specialists reflects on how three exceptional teachers shaped her as a person—and an educator.

As you consider addressing Thanksgiving in your classroom, the approaches of the educators in our community offer great places to start.

Children are susceptible to superficial notions of beauty, but this teacher believes the real purpose of education is to give them a different message.

This toolkit for “A Case for Acculturation” offers some PD and classroom strategies aimed to help immigrant students feel welcome, valued and safe at school.

TT answers your tough questions. This time, advice for making sure out-of-state field trips are inclusive of immigrant students and families.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello asks: Do our schools allow students agency and security?

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello honors Julian Bond, a champion for voting rights.

She was always smarter than the curriculum allowed her to be. Now one Miami student is showing future teachers how to keep students engaged.