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Simulations as professional development? This school administrator argues they can foster empathy for students with learning differences.

A childhood lesson taught this teacher to ask the right questions when working with students with disabilities.

Students from both sides of Chicago's school-funding divide are coming together to demand equality. In the process, they're crossing barriers of race and social class.

Jeffrey Farley prizes students who might slip through the system otherwise.

We are a product of our history—even the history we don’t like to think about.

Nearly 14 million children live in low-income or poor families in the United States. One of those was Devin. He had been in my English class during my first year teaching. His uniform was old and faded. He (like 95 percent of the school) was eligible for free or reduced lunch. He didn’t have much in the way of supplies. It was unclear if he really didn’t have the materials, or if he simply didn’t care.