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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells the hard truth about why so many students still attend segregated schools.

Many affluent students are oblivious to issues of race and class. Here are two teaching strategies designed to open their eyes.

"Test the waters" of human rights awareness with your class before introducing them to the framework by using the following questionnaire.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on social change in South Africa.

The editor of Teaching Tolerance writes on music education.

Slavery never went away, and students need to know how it affects today’s world.

A new Teaching Tolerance documentary points the way.

The explosion of news coverage over the controversial execution of Troy Davis in Georgia recently is a reminder that our students learn powerful lessons outside our classrooms. These events offer opportunities for lessons of context inside our classrooms.

Last summer, my students were fascinated with union suits, the one-piece undergarment. We were getting ready to visit the Minnesota History Center, where a display featured a Minnesota-based company that got its start as a producer of union suits. We previewed the museum’s collection online. The students were quite taken with the red wool outfit with the “trapdoor” over the rear end.

There are some new labels kids have created for one another since I was in school. When I grew up, there were no skaters or noobs. No one was goth or emo. In my day, kids who wore collared shirts and madras were preppy. Kids who smoked cigarettes and listened to Led Zeppelin were burnouts. Jocks were still jocks, although the jocks of my youth were all-inclusive. Today, they separate themselves by sport.