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“Dad, what is the Clue Clux Clan,” asked my 10-year-old son Bakary as we sat under a shade tree on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. We were waiting to register for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s 40th anniversary celebration.“Well, it’s the Ku Klux Klan,” I told him. “Do you remember the old song that goes, “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight?" Well, the KKK thinks only white people are precious and they try to hurt people who think differently.” “Oh, I’m glad it’s not the ‘Clue Clux Clan’ because they don’t have a clue,” he said.

After a candid classroom discussion, this high school teacher marvels at the questions and concerns that educators like herself must confront at school.

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For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.

Journalist and educator Maria Hinojosa has a lot to say about how to elevate student voices.