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You’re forgiven if you missed it. Late last month, Congress passed and President Obama signed a bill that included text that “apologizes … to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States.” Not only was news of the measure knocked from front pages by the health care debate and Tiger Woods, it was well-camouflaged within the 2010 defense appropriations bill.

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

“Supermom Saves the Day” tells the story of a young girl who faces gender stereotypes on the school playground. This toolkit structures a guided reading of the story and can be used for grades 3–8.

Many in the LGBT community love sports. Sports, though, have rarely returned the affection. Basketball star Kobe Bryant highlighted the problem when he made an anti-gay slur in a televised game last April. In sports

What keeps Michelle Spathelf in the classroom? Giving truant teenagers—and their families—hope.

Once upon a time there was a very clever boy. Nearby was a village he decided to visit. Just outside that village he came upon a crowd of people standing in a field. As he drew near, he saw they looked quite frightened

A civil rights lawyer contemplates hate in schools.