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The cost of bullying isn’t just psychological and physical; it’s also fiscal.

My mother’s birth certificate, dated 1915 and issued in Brooklyn, New York, gives her name as Maria. I knew her only as Mary, the name that appears on her marriage certificate, her social security card and her gravestone. Her sister Philomena was so determined to get away from her name that she had it changed legally to Phyliss. Their brother Philipo chopped his down to Philip. Their other siblings? Anna became Anne, Elisa morphed into Alice and Cosimo was known to his friends as Pete.

A middle school teacher shares her innovative approach to using a bilingual multicultural resource.

This semester at Roger Williams University I asked my freshmen interdisciplinary students to reflect upon three important questions: Who am I? What can I know? What should I do?

This blogger responds to the assault of a student at Spring Valley High School and reflects on the message that “kids should just listen and stay out of ‘trouble.’”

The bullying of teachers is slowly entering the national spotlight. How will your school respond?

By incorporating quarterly independent reading projects into her curriculum, this English teacher ensures that every student reads culturally responsive literature.