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When I was growing up, most of my friends’ families had a mom and a dad. A few parents were divorced and that meant stepdads and stepmoms were also in the picture. That was about the extent of family diversity in my experience. During my teaching credential program, I learned about children having two moms or two dads. I made a mental note to remember this. I have discovered that family configurations are limitless and I now work to be inclusive, aware and respectful.

Primary sources can help students explore just how controversial voting rights were in the century preceding the Act.

Slut-shaming is a dangerous phenomenon in schools, but there are ways to support students.

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

These documentaries caught our attention—and deserve yours.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello wants us to overcome fear.

This piece is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Getting the Civil War Right." Some historians have called the period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War the "second American Revolution" and the 13th

Honoring the lives of enslaved people, the Whitney Plantation’s learning tour deepens our understanding of slavery in the United States, the people who survived it and their legacies.