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As teachers, it is our job to set kids up to succeed, not to fail. Changing some of our grading practices is a good place to start.

Culturally responsive curriculum is a critical element in reversing poor academic performance in students of color.

National Mix It Up at Lunch Day may be over, but promoting friendship at school is a priority all year.

Affinity groups offer a platform for voices often relegated to the margins.

Strategies for nuturing young activists.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the ups and downs of laughter.

Teaching Tolerance has named 77 schools—25 more than last year—from across the country as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among their students and throughout their campuses during the 2011-12 school year.

A couple of months ago, a student pulled me aside to ask for help with a job application. As a teacher working with adult immigrants and refugees, I hear this request fairly often. After class, we discussed the job she wanted –housekeeping for one of the large hotel chains in the area. Paper applications were no longer accepted.

While working on a project for class, a student of mine casually mentioned the names of some of my relatives. When I looked up in horror, he rattled off all of the towns in which I had ever lived. I was shaken. How did he get all this information about me? Simple. He had an app for that.