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Many educators silently wrestle with this question: Is Black History Month a window of opportunity or just a pigeonhole?

Students learn to spot bias in their culture —and confront their own homophobia in the process.

On Feb. 12, 2008, 15-year-old Lawrence King was shot twice in the head in front of other students, in Oxnard, Calif. What this anti-gay hate crime teaches us.

Innovative programs for migrant students prove the payoff of making parents partners in classroom learning.

In Tucson, guest artists help refugee students connect throughout the learning process.

Talking to kids about immigrant stereotypes.

What works—and what doesn’t—when it comes to teaching young children about gender bullying?

Gay-straight alliances are taking hold in middle schools, where homophobia and anti-gay harassment may be the most rampant.

A small Catholic school and its students grapple with life and learning in the shadow of two nations.

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