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At the end of the school day, many kids carry responsibilities far beyond homework.

Junior high school students and members of their school's student civil rights team felt that no one was taking them seriously in their efforts to improve the school's climate. Recently they'd visited classrooms and offered presentations on Maine's civil rights laws and the harmful impact of bias-based derogatory language. They did not get a warm reception from their peers.

The confluence of President Obama’s second inauguration and MLK Day is a fitting legacy and inspiration to continue making changes.

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

I was excited by my lesson plan about the presidential elections. I planned to help students research issues and form opinions by guiding them through a variety of perspectives. Then my student teacher asked a question that surprised me. “Do you ever have parents complain about elections being discussed in school?” he wanted to know. “Why would they?” I asked.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on governmental executions.

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

Yes, curriculum can be violent—whether you intend it or not. Here’s what it looks like and how you can avoid it.