Editor's Note: The stories below span the range of times in which we live -- from a century-old math teacher's 80 years of service, to the role of humility in difficult classroom conversations, and a 20-year-old who left school to launch an education startup. --Daniela

On the brink of turning 101 years old, Paul Miller sits smiling with his grandson. A math teacher for 80 years, he taught elementary school by day, college by night, and his mother on weekends.

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As educators hold questions of how to talk about equity, race, and acceptance in the classroom, researchers say the conversation begins with humility and a willingness for self-reflection.

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At 18 years old, Gautam Bhargava was hard-pressed to find a different way to learn. So he dropped out of school and founded his own tutoring company to support peer-to-peer learning.

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Be The Change Idea

Practice deep listening today. Make an effort to listen to someone whose worldview is strikingly different from your own.