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José Luis Vilson builds relationships with students through—and beyond—math.

Coastal Carolina educators work to preserve Gullah culture.

"Test the waters" of human rights awareness with your class before introducing them to the framework by using the following questionnaire.

This year is the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl's classic children's book James and the Giant Peach. In the story, 7-year-old orphan James Henry Trotter escapes his two rotten, abusive aunts by crawling into a giant peach, which rolls, floats and flies him to a new life of wonder and love.

I recently served as a reader of scholarship applications. The process included a complex algorithm for inclusion and took several criteria into account, like GPA, test scores, native languages, income level, assets, essays, parental education level and ethnicity. While providing this service, I came face-to-face with a misconception about race and ethnicity: Appearance predicts what language people speak.

Fifty years after the Freedom Schools of 1964, today’s Freedom Schools continue the legacy.

Based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, modern-day programs educate and empower students.

A new curriculum explores a disturbing side of the Progressive Era.

Last weekend, the Southern Poverty Law Center and two partners struck a legal agreement with the Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota. Amid revolution in Egypt and fears of a monster snowstorm in the Midwest, this was hardly top-shelf news. But the agreement really was a big deal for LGBT students.

A Russian Tale of Giving