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As we planned for Mix It Up at Lunch Day last year, I felt a deep sense of nervousness. I wasn’t worried about getting the kids to talk and chat. I teach at a small school, and the students are usually friendly with one another.

Mitali Perkins explores the bittersweet aspects of immigration.

Years ago, I was inspired by Douglas Brinkley’s The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey. In it, Brinkley described how he taught history to college students. He took them to historical sites and had them speak with eyewitnesses. Wanting this, but not knowing how to pay for it, I looked inward. I realized that our high school campus was surrounded by history, just like every other place.

Are you ready for a revolution? This veteran educator is.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on a peace project that is beating the odds.

A Cincinnati school serves Mix It Up as part of academic life.

In the wake of the election results, one teacher tries to help students reflect clearly on the voters who decided the election—and to maintain hope.

A war on obesity is raging. Everyone from Jillian Michaels to Michelle Obama is calling for all Americans to lose the fat. But as doctors spend millions of dollars on fat-shaming billboards targeting children and studies proving that dieting simply doesn’t work, one might ask where does encouragement end and bullying begin?

Women’s History Month is a crucial time to remind the nation and the world of women’s important work and the barriers that exist to full gender equality.