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How does a school community deal with the violent loss of a student? Unfortunately, this is a question my school has had to answer too often. Still, no matter how many times I’ve been through it, trying to understand my own pain while holding space for my students to feel theirs is something that pushes me beyond my capacity as a teacher.

The importance of relationships and community are woven into this school’s culture. How do they do it?

Watching a television program featuring deaf and hard of hearing characters changed this teacher’s perspective. She wants to pass it on to her students.

An active shooter training video produced in southern California leaves one teacher feeling offended and traumatized.

On a recent field trip, I found Nashley and Bersabeh in a quiet corner of the library, sharing both a chair and a book. For an English teacher, this scene is pure gold: two ninth-graders, becoming friends, in the library, reading a book. I snapped a photo before squealing my delight. Then, I crouched down next to them to find out more about what they were reading.

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

Predatory lending targets our most vulnerable students. Help them avoid the pitfalls.