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Anyone who laments that American young people are apathetic, uninvolved or not sufficiently outraged clearly isn't up on the news.

What happens when coaches get church-state separation wrong?

When students make the rules, classroom community soars.

If you are the kind of educator who builds a safe and open classroom culture and teaches with a compassionate heart, students will come to you. They will share their secrets. The culture you create in the classroom can often serve as an invitation for students to seek solace and advice outside of class. We have all faced the blessings (and burdens) of our students’ trust. A new study out of Northwestern University (where I teach) reminds us that we must be prepared for our students’ stories to come tumbling out.

Bilingual storytellers blend history, tradition and culture to teach the power of language and story.

Few of us really want to remember what we looked like in middle school, but nobody wants to remember what it felt like to be the kid who had nothing to sign on the last day of class.