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Centering the needs of underserved people often has a broader impact on the community. The same is true in schools.

A simple statement at the start of the academic year or semester can help students with post-traumatic stress disorder approach potentially triggering material on their own terms.

This Latina civic empowerment program seeks to “take stories of adversity and flip them into stories of glory.”

Nearly 14 million children live in low-income or poor families in the United States. One of those was Devin. He had been in my English class during my first year teaching. His uniform was old and faded. He (like 95 percent of the school) was eligible for free or reduced lunch. He didn’t have much in the way of supplies. It was unclear if he really didn’t have the materials, or if he simply didn’t care.

An active shooter training video produced in southern California leaves one teacher feeling offended and traumatized.

Welcoming a temporary student holds lessons in empathy and respect for the whole class.