Why I Teach About Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World

by lindaoppenheim | Nov 12, 2017 | Article

Citing the backlash received by Sarah Bond following the publication of the article about “the multicolored paint on ancient marble sculpture, and how its erasure has connections to white supremacy,”  Rebecca Futo Kennedy explains why she teaches about...

The Color of Emotion: Teachers’ Racialized Interpretations of Children’s Emotion and Student Outcomes

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 25, 2017 | Article

Amy Halberstadt received a William T. Grant Foundation grant for her work about how “practices that reduce racial bias among teachers can respond to gaps in academic and disciplinary outcomes between Black and White students. . . . . Teachers and educational...

Ruha Benjamin Received 2017 President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching

by lindaoppenheim | Jun 6, 2017 | Awards, News

Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and presenter for and friend of Not in Our Town, was one of four faculty members receiving the University’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement...

Identity and Authority in an Inclusive Classroom: Workshop, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 4:30 pm

by lindaoppenheim | Mar 26, 2017 | Workshop

Workshop is sponsored by Princeton University’s McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and is open to the public. Time: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 4:30 – 6pm Location: Carl Fields Center Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the...

School Apologizes For Asking Students To Make Slave Auction Posters

by lindaoppenheim | Mar 17, 2017 | Article

While including the histories of all groups in America needs to be taught, HOW it should be taught is the question, as revealed in this news item.