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As educators, we cannot be silent about hate. We must take a stand and equip our students to do the same.

In my eighth-grade language arts classroom, we use discussion as a vehicle for learning, thinking, writing, posing and defending arguments, questioning and reviewing—just about everything. And as can be expected, we sometimes digress from the topic at hand.

As this Teaching Tolerance story points out, the poor represent the fastest-growing segment in our nation’s suburbs. They are immigrants who choose to locate there and formerly middle-class families who have been hit by

A Russian Tale of Giving

How do teachers recover from moral injury? This toolkit includes a guided self-reflection to help sustain you and your service to students.

Research shows that a world religions course helps reduce intolerance among students without undermining students' religious beliefs.

What are the warning signs of abuse? How can -- and should -- a teacher or school react when evidence of abuse surfaces?

For me, the main activity of the first few days of 2011 has been the big “P.” Purge. Purge. Purge. Together, with my two children, we tossed “Baby Einstein” videotapes, Elmo board books and clothing for babies and for toddlers, into giant boxes destined for Goodwill. We filled an entire mini-van. And, I now feel lighter. A good cleansing can be so refreshing.