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Use this infographic to learn about inequality in the juvenile justice system and the damaging effects of the school-to-prison pipeline.

The most important civil rights case you’ve never heard of.

Three years ago, a young activist used social media to put her idea into practice. Now her effort to honor Native people is an international event—and it keeps growing.

Despite arguments to the contrary, ethnic studies benefits all students—and research backs it up.

Horrified at a fourth-grade teacher’s hateful Facebook rant after the pool incident in McKinney, Texas, this TT staffer realizes she could have been just like that teacher—if not for strong anti-bias education.

How do monuments that venerate individuals who promoted hate and bigotry affect our efforts to create a more tolerant society?

Every now and again, a student will say something that leaves me speechless and desperate for the correct response. I can feel in my bones that the moment is about to become pivotal. One of these moments came while we were reading Katherine Paterson’s novel The Great Gilly Hopkins, in which the main character deals with her racism. We were in the process of analyzing her character, her motivations and her racist attitudes, and I could tell that my sixth-graders didn’t really understand the theme of racism, so I needed to step away from the novel for a moment and put the history in context for them.

By outward appearance, this writer looks white—but she doesn't see herself that way.