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This week, another barrier to women’s equality fell. The tony Augusta National Golf Club, home to the Masters Tournament, extended membership to two women, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore. Club Chairman Billy Payne declared it “a joyous occasion,” yet I don’t feel the urge to jump for joy.

Historian Carter G. Woodson established the first Negro History Week in 1926—a celebration that later became Black History Month. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, a group founded by Woodson, selects a new theme for Black History Month each year. This year’s theme is "Black Women in American Culture and History."

When the Dallas Texas Public Schools District decided to show its fifth-graders Red Tails, an action-adventure film based on the Tuskegee pilots who formed the country’s first black aerial combat unit, it was a tremendous idea. The district felt students would be inspired by the story of these men who fought segregation, integrated the Army and were trained as combat pilots for the United States during WWII.

It’s National Book Month—the perfect time to motivate readers by using YA literature in the classroom!

Afraid to teach about privilege? Three teachers show how it’s done.

Critical literacy can expose the assumption that whiteness is “normal” and provide students support for talking about difficult topics.

How can educators and school leaders close the achievement gap for African-American girls?

The tension between religious refusal laws and LGBTQ rights poses a classic social studies dilemma.