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The new issue of Teaching Tolerance is packed with advice for teaching this tough subject.

This writer had a light-bulb moment about his student's family—and about himself.

For rural schools, the growing use of technology can create new problems as it solves old ones.

The greatest achievement for this Teacher of the Year is the daily practice of empathy.

Stories from the past, like those of Freedom Summer, serve to remind us that change happens when everyday people create it.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

Several stacks of fake dollar bills enclosed in a Plexiglas case sit at the center of an exhibit entitled “RACE: Are We So Different?” at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. One stack towers over the others. This teetering pile of bills represents the average net worth of “white” people’s assets in relation to those of other racialized groups based upon data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1997 to 2000. While the “Asian” stack is almost as high, the “black” stack can hardly be called a stack at all; the “Latino” stack is almost as low.

Cultural celebrations give students a chance to shine and benefit schools all year long.

Active parents make a teacher’s job much easier. They check up on homework assignments, help with discipline and guarantee that education is valued.