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Students learn to spot bias in their culture —and confront their own homophobia in the process.

We need to prepare children for the increasingly globalized world we live in. Improving their learning of languages is a good start.

Mentoring is not about telling new teachers what to do. It’s about cultivating their skills early in their career.

Use this activity to discuss toys and play with the children in your life.

For 20 nights, Kate has collapsed onto a different air mattress in a new space, a strange place—none of them home. The 15-year-old, her parents and two younger brothers cart themselves and their meager possessions from shelter to shelter.

I had coffee with a colleague recently and we discussed plans for lessons on Sept. 11. Robin outlined her discussion and writing plan based on George Orwell’s 1984—specifically on the “Two Minutes’ Hate” he describes.

Thursday and Friday mornings, I have cafeteria duty at my elementary school. I always smile when our younger students come through the breakfast line. Their heads are at the level of the serving racks, so they have to hold their hands up to get their trays of food. I have to help them or we will have pancakes and syrup everywhere.

Understanding political divides can help students learn to bridge them.

The events of this week have made it clear: It’s time to bring genocide and Holocaust awareness lessons back into the spotlight.