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Anyone who laments that American young people are apathetic, uninvolved or not sufficiently outraged clearly isn't up on the news.

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.

Each spring, at the start of baseball season, fourth-graders at my school connect with Shorty, a character from Ken Mochizuki’s book Baseball Saved Us. Shorty’s a Japanese-American child who plays baseball on a makeshift field in an internment camp during World War II. Mochizuki’s consummate read-aloud story encourages a fired-up discussion in the library. Students talk about the inequities and intolerances foisted on kids and adults alike. It’s the kind of lesson that I thoroughly enjoy teaching, year after year.

Three years ago, a young activist used social media to put her idea into practice. Now her effort to honor Native people is an international event—and it keeps growing.

Children of Appalachia gain pride in their heritage and history

Two leading multicultural educators reflect on how White teachers can help dismantle a legacy of racial domination and injustice.

This activity is to accompany the Teaching Tolerance article "Identity."