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In this fourth-grade teacher’s classroom, a long lineup of U.S. presidential faces is tacked on the wall. She reflects on how a new president will soon gaze down on her students.

It was Black History Month. I was working with children and youth in an after-school program in the Clarksdale housing projects in Louisville, Ky. Spike Lee's film Malcolm X had just been released. I sat around a table with a group of teenagers discussing Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and James Cone’s Martin & Malcolm & America.

An LGBT student’s gratitude reminded this instructor to include diverse voices in her teaching all year.

One after-school programmer reflects on the criminalization of youth.

Critical reading allows students to navigate the “quest for mutual humanization.”

"Hack jams" encourage students to question reality, challenge texts and authors, and practice becoming agents of change in the world.

Research tells us that children’s engagement with natural environments offers a host of benefits. Schools can capitalize on this knowledge.

Graphic novels and comics are a great way for students to express themselves and their social views. Help your students plan and create their own social justice comics!