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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.

One South Texas school district fights for stability in the lives of homeless children.

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.

Slavery never went away, and students need to know how it affects today’s world.

On a recent rainy afternoon, our 20 kindergarteners were kept indoors for playtime. I stood near a group of four children stringing beads for bracelets and necklaces. Levi explained he was making a bracelet for his daddy. The child next to him, Catherine, blurted out angrily, “I hate daddies!” Levi searched for words, looked at Catherine and asked, “Why do you hate daddies?” He repeated it a few times. “I don’t have a daddy,” Catherine replied. “I hate daddies.”