Sacramento State students Julieanna Flores (left), Kathy Martinez (center left) and Rebeca Orozco-Chavez (right) stand with civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez, who spoke to students and faculty ...

Glenwood Springs Middle School student Maritza Ruiz was a little surprised to learn that people, not so long ago in American history, could be judged so harshly and openly discriminated against just ...

The Rev. Mark Tyler shared this hope with me during a PhillyVoice interview on the interfaith movement in Philadelphia. "[Our children are] inheriting a world that is closer by social media than it ...

Charlotte Wood Middle School teacher Gary Leveque was stunned when he read the hateful, homophobic remarks one of his students had posted about him on a Web site. Within a week, 400 people had logged ...

Education Week Teacher readers are encouraged to apply or nominate colleagues for the new Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching. The award will honor educators who ...

Right now the world may seem like quite a scary place to you and your tweens. The terrorists attacks in Paris seem to send a clear message that perhaps the only thing predictable about such horrific ...

Donald Trump is absolutely correct that "the big problem this country has is being politically correct." As Ben Carson explained, "Political correctness is ruining our country. It is corrosive because ...

Speaking after the London Bridge attack on Saturday, Theresa May stated that there is "far too much tolerance" of extremism in Britain. Given the strong sense of unity and resistance that has followed ...

Autoimmune diseases result from a cruel mistake: the patient’s immune defenders, notably the T cells, attack the very tissues they should protect. In rheumatoid arthritis, it’s the joints; in diabetes ...

The cultural mix in urban areas where many immigrants reside is forcing greater tolerance and acceptance. This industrial center south of Tokyo is like many fringe cities, marred by steel and textile ...