Diversity

Instead of seeing English language learners as a costly challenge, districts are increasingly recognizing the assets they bring to their schools.

An interaction with a student prompts an elementary teacher to revamp her classroom library to make it more inclusive.

With racial integration facing legal challenges, school districts are finding new ways to create more diverse schools that reflect their communities.

Discover websites, organizations, articles, planning guides, lesson plans, and other resources dedicated to preventing bullying and harassment.

In an excerpt from his book with fellow teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski, blogger Larry Ferlazzo looks at a few basic ways to reach students who are learning English as well as the subject at hand.

To improve history lessons on the period, educators emphasize the roles of grassroots activists, churches, schools, and women.

How can teachers prepare for diverse classrooms? There isn't a definitive answer, but there is a wealth of resources online. Discover some helpful links for teachers.

Use young children's understanding of differences to teach social justice through age-appropriate literature, news stories, anti-bias lessons, familiar examples, and problem solving.

With daily news reports about the devastating impact on students who have been relentlessly bullied, teachers find themselves on the front line in addressing bullying and intolerance. It is time to move into action. Not In Our School offers solutions-based strategies and tools for change to a network of schools that are working to create safe, inclusive and accepting climates.

Recent research finds the majority of teachers want to help LGBTQ students but don’t always know how.

Poverty-related factors that intervene in students' ability to learn include health and well-being, limited literacy and language development, access to material resources, and level of mobility.

Ideas include knowing every child, celebrating their potential, recognizing their challenges, acknowledging inequity, and using culture as a resource.

Focusing on who students are as individuals—instead of on learning differences or other descriptors—starts with empathy.

All students want to be part of the classroom community, and there are some simple ways to make English language learners feel included.

Exploring and celebrating the different cultures that make up America is a great way to make schools safe and welcoming for all.