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As educators, we must push past the call to “prepare students for the future.” This approach is insufficient and ultimately hazardous.

The protests at Standing Rock offer four valuable lessons for students of all ages.

How students learn to know and understand knowledge is essential to teachers’ work in the “post-truth” era.

James Howe, author of The Misfits and Totally Joe, discusses tolerance, diversity and the parallels between his own life and his literature.

Social justice theater can teach your students to take the story into their own hands.

A community Freedom School model in Mississippi embraces transformative practices to strengthen relationships and disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline, illustrating the power of communities to effect change.

When I reflect on the incidents last week involving students who wore offensive shirts with anti-Muslim statements on them in Gainesville, Florida, I cannot help but to think of Jonathan Swift’s quote, “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” I don’t agree with Swift, though. All we have to do is observe how no local company in Gainesville, Florida would agree to print the T-shirts.

One-size-fits-all appearance policies cannot work in our increasingly diverse schools.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights kicks off #BornPerfect—a nationwide campaign against conversion therapy.

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!