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Requiring the ACT increases college accessibility—but more support is needed to create a school-wide culture of achievement.

Just Children Who Bully—And You Can Help Them

New concepts of PE and sports programs are making it more fun for everyone to play.

As my 10th-grade students came back from lunch, it was clear that a few of my more squirrely young men needed time to readjust to the ways of a classroom after being away all summer. “It’s just a joke between us, Mr. Greenslate,” said Aaron. “We all know Jason from outside of school, and so that’s just how we mess around. Once you know us better you’ll understand.”

The empty space left by the death of a young person seems somehow larger—perhaps because we sense not only the absence of who he was, but also of who he could have become. This emptiness can engulf an entire community, even a nation, when the death is unjust.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello honors Julian Bond, a champion for voting rights.

Two North Carolina educators resigned last week after an LGBT-inclusive fairy tale was read to third-graders. What does that say about school climate?

Institutional racism can be hard to spot. Try our strategies for sniffing it out.

My first year of teaching in middle school was an onslaught of reading quizzes, vocabulary lists, lunch duty, reading skills and faculty meetings. It didn’t really leave a great deal of time for reflection other than the simple thought that I wasn’t quite living up to my ideal of changing the world through teaching.

Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?