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As teachers, it is our job to set kids up to succeed, not to fail. Changing some of our grading practices is a good place to start.

Few of us really want to remember what we looked like in middle school, but nobody wants to remember what it felt like to be the kid who had nothing to sign on the last day of class.

A new directive on transgender students, issued today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, applies to all public schools.

A new manual uses language to explore bias

My elementary school is a Title I school. About 95 percent of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch and Medicaid. Research shows us that many children raised in poverty struggle to learn to read. Common sense tells us that children who don't learn to read can't read to learn. They often reach a frustration level with school by the time they're in the third grade. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 70 percent of low-income fourth-grade students can't read at a basic level. I often wonder, "What can I do in my day-to-day work as a teacher to help?"

When we call for empowerment of our students, what are we asking for?

School and community programs foster friendships across the generations