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There are three questions students of history should always ask: What’s the context?What’s the context?What’s the context? Yes, I know, it’s a play on the old real estate joke (location, location, location), but the importance of understanding how a quote or an event sits in terms of what’s happening around it cannot be overstated.

Something was different at the school cafeteria. The menu included a vegetarian meal of elbow macaroni with cheddar cheese and broccoli. There was also a choice of a 100-percent-beef burger (without pink slime!) on a whole-grain bun. And there was ginger-carrot soup, whole-grain breads, leafy green salads, black beans and shredded cheese.

For two years I taught preschool to a diverse group of energetic children. Every morning one boy would enter the classroom, throw down his stuff, run over to the dress-up corner and slip into a shimmery polyester wedding gown.

How to challenge language prejudice in the classroom.

A small Catholic school and its students grapple with life and learning in the shadow of two nations.

Reading and writing about the work of activists helped this teacher and her students realize that they can make social change by starting small.

Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.

Knikole Taylor explains how technology can be a tool for equity and community.