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Can clothing inspire collective action? Yes!

Educators working in locked facilities have a lot to offer—to their students and to their public-school colleagues.

Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?

The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?

If race is a social construct, what’s up with DNA ancestry testing?

These two educators argue that truly serving all students means confronting racism, privilege and injustice.

This afterschool educator empowers her students to step into the role of teacher and share their skills with peers. The outcome? A more positive and inclusive environment.

I don’t have an answer to the question, “How should I talk to my students about Garissa?” But I have some real fears about the dangers of not contextualizing this incident.

This educator reflects on a blog she wrote for Teaching Tolerance in 2014—and finds herself confronting the same misperceptions from others about her culture and worldview.

What do you do when anti-bias teaching strategies are derailed by real, in-the-moment fears? See how one educator responded to Islamophobia in her classroom.