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When it comes to the damage inflicted by racist mascots and sports posturing, apologies are not enough.

We each have a part to play, a role uniquely ours each day. I’d raised my hand often enough and spoke about equity and LGBT rights during my years in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District to convince myself I was accomplishing the role I’d chosen when I decided to teach.

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.

This elementary school teacher hopes that the president can visit her school to see and learn about a different strategy for keeping our children safe.

Refugee students find their voices.

"Dear Me, I know you're having a rough time of it ..."

Read this installment of the "Why I Teach" series.

Heritage months offer opportunities to model yearlong inclusive teaching practices.

Activists and allies from a variety of identity groups work hard to dismantle exclusionary conceptions of gender. In the classroom, teachers have an opportunity to extend this work, one sentence at a time.