For our fall column, we often focus on what seem to be good topics for the start of the school year. This time, we offer ways for teachers at all age/grade levels to use books in their classrooms to encourage and nurture children's understanding of social justice and care for the environment. Teachers often wonder how to add ...

From the first woman elected to Congress to the first black female millionaire, a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington brings together photographic portraits of American women who made their mark on the 20th Century. The "Women of our Time" exhibition of 90 images is "a real panoply of women's identity, struggles and achievements in the ...