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John was in my eighth-grade class. He was a rascal and my favorite kind of student. He was rambunctious and smart as a whip. And he and his family lived in poverty. His favorite memory of middle school is when I gave him detention time after school. “Why’d I get this?” he exclaimed. “Because you’ve racked up four deductions for talking and disrupting class,” I calmly said. He looked down at the detention slip, “Well, OK then.” It’s one of our favorite stories.

Watching a television program featuring deaf and hard of hearing characters changed this teacher’s perspective. She wants to pass it on to her students.

Some of my favorite teaching moments are when I can shut up and let students teach each other. This magic happened recently when a group of high school students from one of Chicago’s most under-resourced neighborhoods came to our university campus—just a few miles—but an entire world away.

The joys of teaching Huck Finn to today's youth.

Making the conference experience more supportive to families ultimately benefits students.

Controversy over a team name opens a national dialogue about race, identity and what’s in a name.

A Florida suicide raises sobering questions about how to stop bullying.

A childhood lesson taught this teacher to ask the right questions when working with students with disabilities.

One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.

In a world where words matter, why is there little to no real critical conversation about the mixed-gendered use of “you guys”?