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In classrooms all over the country, posters hang on walls bearing the face of Martin Luther King, Jr. Libraries put out displays of books about his life. Bulletin boards are decorated with phrases from famous speeches. Many will remain up throughout the school year, not just for the federal observance of King’s birthday on Monday.

The importance of relationships and community are woven into this school’s culture. How do they do it?

Recent comments about the “controversy” over the causes of the Civil War highlight the challenges of teaching American history in 2017.

This 1972 law was never just about sports—it radically changed everything about education for girls and women.

Online education helps some students—and shortchanges others.

The stakes have never been higher for students—or schools.

The U.S. House’s proposed health care bill sends a clear message that special education mandates aren’t on its funding priority list.

Recently I suspended a seventh-grade boy for publicly calling his former girlfriend a “slut” and a “whore.” Our rules on slurs are clear. But as I learned again, talking about something in class doesn’t always affect student behavior, especially if the unwanted behavior isn’t corrected or condemned outside of the classroom.

TT director Maureen Costello looks back on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—and forward.

What do you do when anti-bias teaching strategies are derailed by real, in-the-moment fears? See how one educator responded to Islamophobia in her classroom.