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Scattered across the cinderblocks of our middle school walls are some new faces, photographs of kids who have been silenced. Lee Simpson on Oct. 10, 2008. Scotty Weaver on July 22, 2004. Lawrence King on Feb. 12, 2008. Carl Walker-Hoover on April 9, 2009. All silent. They are dead.

ESOL program coordinator Ann Marie Batista is a “barrier breaker” for ELL students and their teachers.

Use these questions to help students develop critical literacy and historical thinking skills.

It’s time to update the way we think—and talk—about immigrant students.

This middle school history teacher uses complexity—and all the uncertainty that comes along with it—as the starting point for his unit on the Middle East.

This first-grade teacher invites Broadway stars to his classroom to build students’ literacy skills in a fun and exciting way.

Simulations as professional development? This school administrator argues they can foster empathy for students with learning differences.

Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States, and its proponents feel emboldened. The antidote? Anti-bias education.

This 1972 law was never just about sports—it radically changed everything about education for girls and women.

A couple of years ago a student approached me after history class. Avoiding eye contact, he trembled a bit before speaking. His voice was shaking. “I am sorry, teacher,” Armando began. “I could not finish my project. My parents were killed a couple days ago.”