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Latino students in East L.A. plant a tribute to Japanese Americans.

Homeless kids can be hard to identify and even harder to help. But teachers can do a great deal to make sure that they don’t fall through the cracks.

A child's ADHD diagnosis raises one parent's concerns about the stereotypes that too often surround the disorder.

Recently my family stopped at the Civil War battlefield at Vicksburg, Miss., to take a walk and soak in some history. Near the monument to Louisiana’s troops stood a young boy, about 8 or 9, with his mom and dad. The boy was dressed up as a gray-clad Confederate soldier. The combination of the outfit and the Confederate flag sticker on his family’s car told me something important about this boy. It told me that he was a lot like me at that age.

Helping students get back on track after an absence not only helps them learn, it helps them maintain positive connections to your classroom.

Melea hates school. She is 4 years old and was adopted at birth by two gay men. Her dads (Mark and Sam) are Caucasian and Melea is African American-Latino.

Two new resources from Teaching Tolerance can help educators address acts of bigotry that threaten a healthy school climate.

Incorporate the ABF into your community and classroom with these activities.

Spanish teacher Tricia Kelly reflects on one of her favorite teaching days.

In 1957, nine black schoolchildren enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality. Fifty years later, Central High's teachers and students revisit the past to help shape the future.