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

"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.

This high school English teacher in the Dominican Republic wanted to combine her students’ knowledge with action. The resulting project did just that.

Plan family-teacher conferences that focus on the future, not the past.

A Buddy Bench can make recess more inclusive—and more fun!

Austin teenagers learn to expect respect in dating relationships.

Young people who are overweight can face a lifetime of discrimination.

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.