by lindaoppenheim | Sep 11, 2018 | Article, schools
“Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.” Claire Cain Miller reports on several studies about the impact of teacher gender and race on student achievement. While...
by lindaoppenheim | May 18, 2018 | Opinion
Rusul Alrubail gives a brief explanation of Ramadan observances and notes that space, understanding and empathy are what Muslim students want from their schools and teachers. To read the complete essay, click here. Ramadan mubarak.
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 23, 2018 | Opinion
Zachary Wright, a white man and 12th-grade literature teacher, relates how he came to understand his complicity in the perpetuation of systems of racial oppression. “The tearing down of implicit racial bias is not a one-off exercise, but rather something to be...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 17, 2018 | Article, interview
Doris Chang, Director of Clinical Training and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the New School for Social Research, describes a Mindfulness-Based Critical Consciousness Training (MBCC-T) for teachers she is piloting, which “will combine training in...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 18, 2018 | Article
Leticia Skae changed both her approach to teaching and the content of the curriculum to reach and engage her students, steps which resulted in “incredible growth on [the students’] state mandated end-of-course exams.” To read her complete article,...
