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Most of us hold stereotypes about our country’s different regions—and even individual states. These biases, writer Carrie Kilman points out, originate in, or are shaped in part by, the media. And we are being exposed to

One of the most powerful gifts we can give our children—for the future of our nation—is a college education. It may, in fact, be the most powerful gift. For so many of our country’s greatest success stories, the golden ticket that launched the inspiring life was the chance to go to college.

A recent issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine addressed two subjects that I see converging in news stories from around the country – intolerant attitudes toward students who are atheist and teachers using their positions to bully students.

Reading the U.S. Constitution prompts students to consider equality issues in their own lives.

Ramadan begins today. Discuss this Muslim holy month with students—and take a step toward countering Islamophobia.

Understanding political divides can help students learn to bridge them.

From now on, when we talk about women’s history, the Women’s March should be part of those lessons. Here’s why.

Nature learning is formative in early childhood, and it can happen in even the most urban settings.

When my daughter pulls hard on the heavy glass doors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School and races upstairs into her fifth-grade classroom, she is living my dream.