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When this teacher asked newly-minted sixth-graders how they want to treat themselves, others and their communities during middle school, paper airplanes made for a creative way for these students to offer answers.

As teachers, it is our job to set kids up to succeed, not to fail. Changing some of our grading practices is a good place to start.

When I reflect on the incidents last week involving students who wore offensive shirts with anti-Muslim statements on them in Gainesville, Florida, I cannot help but to think of Jonathan Swift’s quote, “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” I don’t agree with Swift, though. All we have to do is observe how no local company in Gainesville, Florida would agree to print the T-shirts.

National Mix It Up at Lunch Day may be over, but promoting friendship at school is a priority all year.

Ally Yourself with LGBT students

Affinity groups offer a platform for voices often relegated to the margins.

Strategies for nuturing young activists.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the ups and downs of laughter.

Teaching Tolerance has named 77 schools—25 more than last year—from across the country as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among their students and throughout their campuses during the 2011-12 school year.