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From school rules to food to ground rules, these simply steps can help make a GSA's launch successful.

And that’s why Wildcat was always alone.

The first time I met Donnie (not his real name), he was wearing a green dress with gold trim, had shoulder-length hair, and wore glasses frames with no lenses. His hair was matted and he was covered in dirt. His eyes were bloodshot and filled with tears. He would not speak to me for the first 20 minutes. And then, in a flood of emotion, he began to tell me his plight.

The same stereotypes that hurt and limit girls can also hurt boys and any student who does not adhere to binary gender norms.

This educator reflects on the importance of identifying missteps in civic engagement projects.

This writing teacher challenges the mistaken view that people on the autism spectrum lack emotion and empathy.

Kawania Wooten’s voice tightens when she describes the struggle she’s having at the school her son attends. When his class created a timeline of civilization, Wooten saw the Greeks, the Romans and the Incas. But nothing was said about Africa, even though the class has several African American students.

LGBT educators enjoy more openness and acceptance than ever before. But their gains have been fragile and uneven. And many still feel it’s safest to teach from the closet.