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Many teachers still feel it’s safest to teach from the closet.

The sixth-graders at Roxboro Middle School tumbled through the doors and into the lunchroom, looking around for places at the tables. The security officer didn’t need a bullhorn; his voice carried.

Every year our school conducts what has come to be known as “The Bully Poll.” Teaching Tolerance also offers an activity to open the discussion about bullying. Our poll is an anonymous questionnaire that enables the students to answer questions openly and honestly about incidents of bullying in our school. Where does bullying most often occur? What do you think about the way in which the school handles bullying? Who is the biggest bully?

Institutional racism can be hard to spot. Try our strategies for sniffing it out.

How can educators and school leaders close the achievement gap for African-American girls?

The tension between religious refusal laws and LGBTQ rights poses a classic social studies dilemma.

Susie King Taylor's illegal education as an enslaved child turned her into a teenage teacher and nurse during the Civil War.

Deaf and hearing students learn together at Kinzie School.

n. pl. Children’s dictionaries have the power to shape how kids see the world. Be sure yours promotes tolerance.

The United States Justice Department recently struck a blow against bullying behavior. Officials there reversed a decade-old policy and asked to intervene in a harassment suit brought by a gay youth.