Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images When I was a special ...

It is my pleasure to share with you my conversation with Dr. Donna Ford, a mentor to me. I first was introduced to Dr. Ford through Facebook as part of a mentoring space she co-founded called R.A.C.E.

Angel Castillo Pineda immigrated to the U.S. from Guatemala five years ago. Navigating a new environment and language at East Boston High School, he thought little of future career ambitions—until he ...

They’re called “warm demanders” and “cultural guardians,” polite nods to the additional roles with which African-American and Latino teachers – often the only teachers of color in their schools – are ...

(This is the last post in a special six-part series. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here, Part Four here, and Part Five here.) The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best ...

The spate of racialized attacks on college campuses after the election are, in some ways, the flip side of the protests that sprung up across the country starting last fall. Then, students of color ...

When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black girl receive special education services because she had ...