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

On a recent field trip, I found Nashley and Bersabeh in a quiet corner of the library, sharing both a chair and a book. For an English teacher, this scene is pure gold: two ninth-graders, becoming friends, in the library, reading a book. I snapped a photo before squealing my delight. Then, I crouched down next to them to find out more about what they were reading.

When the Dallas Texas Public Schools District decided to show its fifth-graders Red Tails, an action-adventure film based on the Tuskegee pilots who formed the country’s first black aerial combat unit, it was a tremendous idea. The district felt students would be inspired by the story of these men who fought segregation, integrated the Army and were trained as combat pilots for the United States during WWII.

Sometimes school tracking sets students up for failure, academically and socially. My students with disabilities, who require extra academic assistance, often ended up on the short end of the stick. Because they were in all of the same classes together I noticed that they also clung to each other in the cafeteria. They had a difficult time fitting in and making friends with other students.

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

This toolkit accompanies the article “Serving Up Justice at School,” and provides a classroom activity that engages students in learning about the food in their daily lives through an interdisciplinary social-action project.

Some students struggle to see gender stereotypes, but telling personal stories can open their eyes.

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.

We asked your best advice for improving job quality and retaining teachers. Your answers reinforced the need for social justice in schools.