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Let students ‘do’ history for themselves.

When it comes to making civil rights movements of the past accessible for young students, the connections to the present are right in front of us.

"Dear Me, I know you're having a rough time of it ..."

After regretting her response to a student’s body-image concerns, this teacher plans to use her own body struggles to offer a stronger response next time.

We each have a part to play, a role uniquely ours each day. I’d raised my hand often enough and spoke about equity and LGBT rights during my years in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District to convince myself I was accomplishing the role I’d chosen when I decided to teach.

Thanks to online spaces, bullying has never been easier. Here’s how you can intervene.

Understanding political divides can help students learn to bridge them.

Human beings come in all sizes. How can educators promote health -- and size acceptance?

Some of my favorite teaching moments are when I can shut up and let students teach each other. This magic happened recently when a group of high school students from one of Chicago’s most under-resourced neighborhoods came to our university campus—just a few miles—but an entire world away.