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Occupy D.C. protesters Nathaniel Brown and Nicole Normile are high-schoolers. That’s not unheard of. The really interesting story is that they were encouraged to get involved by their high school civics teacher. The two seniors are part of the seven-member, student-directed extra-curricular club “Waking Up the Nation” at the Howard Gardner School in Alexandria, Va. Since its inception in the Fall of 2010, the social activism club has tackled a number of social projects from preventing war to seeking environmental justice under the leadership of faculty advisor Matt Hawley is the group’s faculty advisor.

It’s National Book Month—the perfect time to motivate readers by using YA literature in the classroom!

The fastest-growing group of young people in the juvenile justice system is also the least talked about.

Children are susceptible to superficial notions of beauty, but this teacher believes the real purpose of education is to give them a different message.

Arts programs battle budget cuts and perceptions that they’re “extra” classes. But they’re the main reason many struggling students stay focused on school.

Thinking ahead to next school year? Incorporate these suggestions into your planning.

This toolkit will equip you with strategies to engage students in primary source analysis. By learning the right questions to ask, students will come to a more nuanced understanding of history.

First-In-Family Immigrant Students Face a Double Challenge When Applying to Colleges.

More educators are turning to service-learning projects for charitable activities — and helping to foster connections between students and the human beings they aim to serve.