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This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.

The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.

The Women’s March on Washington Youth Ambassadors are sending a message: Young people’s voices must be heard.

When this teacher saw how devastated her feminist student group was by the 2016 election, she decided to do something to make them proud. She decided to march.

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

What does the rise in hate groups and hate crimes say about our American history and American democracy when all lives should matter?

In this fourth-grade teacher’s classroom, a long lineup of U.S. presidential faces is tacked on the wall. She reflects on how a new president will soon gaze down on her students.

We each have a part to play, a role uniquely ours each day. I’d raised my hand often enough and spoke about equity and LGBT rights during my years in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District to convince myself I was accomplishing the role I’d chosen when I decided to teach.

As teachers, we hear almost daily that we “must meet the students where they are.” It is a core tenant, a sacred truth offered as a key to successfully unlocking the hearts and minds of even the most reluctant learners.

Mindfulness a not only a great tool to help students focus, but it also helps educators to be more culturally responsive.