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Breaking! The president of the Boy Scouts of America urges his organization to remove its ban on gay adult leaders.

We had a hard conversation at our department meeting today. San Bernardino: What should we say to our community?

What are the important textual touchstones in your life?

Alternative certification gives educators a different route to the classroom. Does it make them fish out of water once they get there?

This week’s congressional hearings on Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election offer a great opportunity to teach about the larger implications of misinformation: the dismantling of democracy.

Let’s use some time this summer to rejuvenate and reflect on our classroom practice!

I’m a Teaching Tolerance Fellow, and I’m working to develop classroom resources that balance the requirements of the Common Core State Standards with culturally responsive instruction. I’m hoping to draw upon our readers’ expertise to meet this challenge. What readings or texts do you recommend that answer the call of the Common Core and culturally responsive pedagogy?

I am a good driver. You’d never know it, given the theatrics of the backseat drivers in my vehicle, whose sudden gasps and quick grasps for the dashboard denote a lack of confidence in my skills. This drama is alternately amusing, annoying and unnecessary. I'm proud to say that, for the most part, my instinctive go-to practice of "when in doubt, step on the gas" has never let me down.

What "little" things do you do that might marginalize your students in poverty?