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Last year thousands of schools participated in Mix It Up at Lunch Day—and this year is going to be even better. Start planning now to make your Mix It Up even the best it can be.

I held up the front page of our college newspaper and asked my first-year journalism students if any questions came to mind as they looked at the photographs of candidates running for president and vice president of our student government. It’s a multimedia storytelling class and the assignments for the week were about analyzing and taking photographs.

Reader reactions: You talk middle school activism, pronouns and word choice.

When a hard-fought election is over, how does everyone move forward? This illustrated story for grades 3–5 can help.

Meet Kennedy, of Mombasa, Kenya. His wheelchair doesn’t stop him from making the world a more beautiful place.

An alternative to store-bought toys.

As schools warm up to the idea of including a child's BMI (Body Mass Index) on his or her report card, perhaps we should evaluate the way we address the issue of childhood obesity. Yes, a high BMI can be dangerous. But as we've seen, the BMI can also be incredibly misleading.

The latest in culturally aware literature and resources for teachers of all grades.

By not including contemporary Native peoples into any discussion of Native experiences, we are doing these populations and our students a huge disservice.