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

When members of this middle school basketball team experienced bigotry and harassment, they had a choice: Give up or rise up.

The Teaching Tolerance staff reviews the latest in culturally aware literature and resources, offering the best picks for professional development and teachers of all grade levels.

Student journalists cover the front lines of social change.

Nine visionaries who changed the way we think about education.

The Comic Book Project encourages students to address social issues in their lives and schools with art and creativity.

Geography offers students a new perspective on our changing world.

A couple of years ago, an acquaintance who worked at the local college where I was teaching had trouble sending and receiving emails. She couldn’t, for the life of her, figure out why. Then an IT administrator clued her in: Her first name—Gay—triggered the school’s Internet filters. They were set to block any references to homosexuality, gender identity, etc.