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What can we say to our kids after a week like this one?

A recent news segment offers a great lesson in privilege and the dangerous social function of humor based on identity.

A recent issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine addressed two subjects that I see converging in news stories from around the country – intolerant attitudes toward students who are atheist and teachers using their positions to bully students.

Occupy D.C. protesters Nathaniel Brown and Nicole Normile are high-schoolers. That’s not unheard of. The really interesting story is that they were encouraged to get involved by their high school civics teacher. The two seniors are part of the seven-member, student-directed extra-curricular club “Waking Up the Nation” at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria, Va. Since its inception in the Fall of 2010, the social activism club has tackled a number of social projects from preventing war to seeking environmental justice under the leadership of faculty advisor Matt Hawley is the group’s faculty advisor.

At a time like this, educators can’t afford not to discuss Ferguson in the classroom.

Persepolis helped make the case for open discussion and books reflecting a variety of cultures.

Having trouble talking about death with students? These resources can help.

Slut-shaming is a dangerous phenomenon in schools, but there are ways to support students.

If you don’t teach your students about Islamophobia, someone else will. These resources can help you set the record straight about a major religion that’s currently under attack.