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Thursday and Friday mornings, I have cafeteria duty at my elementary school. I always smile when our younger students come through the breakfast line. Their heads are at the level of the serving racks, so they have to hold their hands up to get their trays of food. I have to help them or we will have pancakes and syrup everywhere.

Understanding political divides can help students learn to bridge them.

The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.

The free college tuition movement is gaining some traction.

The Women’s March on Washington Youth Ambassadors are sending a message: Young people’s voices must be heard.

All over the nation people strive to answer Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous invocation: “What are you doing for others?” Many engage in projects to make their community a better place to live. My students at Life Academy in California have answered the call to service in several ways. First, they showed up on campus during a school holiday to beautify the school grounds, paint a mural, clean out an old storage room, build benches and tend to a garden. Second, they launched a 74-day fast “Season of Peace Building.” Students signed up to fast on certain days, in a kind of relay, to highlight the time from MLK day to Cesar Chavez day.

Casting educators as saviors undermines the teaching profession—and our students.

Jeanie Greenidge felt invisible as a child. Now she’s helping make sure every student is seen.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance explores the ins and outs of social boundaries at school.

Sometimes, even the best intentions can discourage youth activists. Here's a list of ways you can help, not hinder, young people.