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It’s one thing to learn about voting rights and civic responsibilities; it’s another to engage in action to make positive change in our communities.

The depth and clarity of a teacher's multicultural lens can make — or break — immigrant students' ability to learn.

It can be daunting but also amusing to set the context for Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird. If my students thought the 1992 L.A. Riots were “back in the day,” imagine how long ago the 1930’s feel to them. Not only that, but when I refer to the southern United States, several of them think I really mean “a place near L.A.”To conquer this, we spent a period locating Alabama on the map, sipping sweet southern tea and checking out Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era photos. I even play a compilation of tunes that were popular then, including A Tisket, A Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald. Overall, we have fun as we look back.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello advises educators not to shy away from teaching this election.

Children of Appalachia gain pride in their heritage and history

This true story is about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II.

Helen Sims, aka the Old Storyteller of Belzoni, Mississippi, encourages us to accept the torch that is being passed to us.

How Black students in a predominately white town are using their voices to lift their community.