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Jeanette Winterson, author and poet, once said, “Books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.” As a middle school language arts teacher, I believed in this theory but wanted to see it in action. When I suggested to my principal that I would like to organize a book club with my students and local senior citizens, he was cautiously intrigued by the idea.

Students struggle to find a way forward after their classroom’s election.

As you consider addressing Thanksgiving in your classroom, the approaches of the educators in our community offer great places to start.

This toolkit shows how Teaching Tolerance’s Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education can help foster safe and effective instruction about the sensitive and serious topic of slavery.

A survivor of child abuse reflects on his schools days.

Organizing and participating in a voter registration drive can be a powerful civics lesson for students. This toolkit lists suggestions on how you can help organize a student-led drive at your school.

A teacher book group dedicated to reading diverse literature for young people and adults can foster cultural competence and support anti-bias teaching.