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This teacher uses activist memoirs and an engaging exercise to help her students overcome internal barriers to acting on their values.

A 7th grade Holocaust history project evolves into a memorial sculpture.

B loves bugs. I met him during the first week of school as I conducted the standard assessment of how many words he could read per minute from a second-grade story. After the assessment, I gave him the customary caterpillar sticker to put on his shirt to show everyone that he was going to emerge as a great reader during his second-grade year.

Use first-graders’ commitment to fairness to help them connect with the modern civil rights movement.

When dealing with a student whose behavior is a challenge, first ask yourself if you have a relationship with the student. When you build a relationship, you’ll notice a huge difference in behavior.

Slut-shaming is a dangerous phenomenon in schools, but there are ways to support students.

When this teacher assigned her students to debate a topic, they learned more than effective argumentation—they learned how to consider the perspectives of others.

This professional development activity encourages educators to use primary source documents as a tool to counter common myths about the Confederacy and to discuss with students how we remember (or misremember) history.

Our history is sometimes painful; focusing on the “best version” of that history to make it more palatable to young readers denies them the education they deserve.

United Airlines made a major misstep this weekend, one that may be familiar to school administrators.