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Many students come to school with stories already attached to them. This teacher prefers to hear students’ own stories about themselves.

As educators, we must push past the call to “prepare students for the future.” This approach is insufficient and ultimately hazardous.

"Mr. Barton, I have some homework for you," said Alandra. "But I left it at home on the table." "No problem," I answered. “Just bring it whenever you can." I can say that now because I'm a reading interventionist. Homework isn't expected from me like it is from classroom teachers.

“Dad, what is the Clue Clux Clan,” asked my 10-year-old son Bakary as we sat under a shade tree on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. We were waiting to register for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s 40th anniversary celebration.“Well, it’s the Ku Klux Klan,” I told him. “Do you remember the old song that goes, “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight?" Well, the KKK thinks only white people are precious and they try to hurt people who think differently.” “Oh, I’m glad it’s not the ‘Clue Clux Clan’ because they don’t have a clue,” he said.

Britta Ostermeyer says meeting the emotional and social needs of displaced students will be a long-term effort for schools and communities.

Educators and students need to understand the facts about immigration and immigrants in the United States now more than ever.

Help your students discover what they have in common with young people around the world with two new elementary lessons on immigration and immigrant experiences.

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