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A Joint Statement on the Need to Counter Hate in Schools
The Southern Poverty Law Center has teamed up with 20 other education advocacy groups to counter hate in American schools. Join us.
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Constructively Responding to Hate
When neo-Nazis planned a march on their campus, these educators found a way to push back—even as they let their students lead the way.
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Schools Confronting Racism and Community Pushback: Three Lessons from ‘Sounds Like Hate’
A new podcast offers valuable lessons about fighting racism in schools and communities.
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The End of Freedom School
The calculated murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner show just how real the risks of Freedom Summer were.
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The School Year That Changed a Nation
The Little Rock Nine: An Interview with Minnijean Brown Trickey
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Freedom Schools 50 Years Later
Fifty years after the Freedom Schools of 1964, today’s Freedom Schools continue the legacy.
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No School Like Freedom School
Based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, modern-day programs educate and empower students.
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The Election, One Year Later: Struggling With Critical Conversations at a Midwestern High School
In the fall of 2016, anthropologist Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong was observing students and educators at a high school when the presidential election took place. This winter, she followed up to see what had changed in the last year.
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Will This Solve School Segregation in NYC Schools?
New York City Schools revealed its much-anticipated plan for increasing diversity and access in its public schools. But some critics say it doesn’t go far enough or name the true issue at hand.
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Charter Schools: Resegregating America?
Are charter schools helping to resegregate public schools? A just-released study states flatly that they are.