by lindaoppenheim | Sep 28, 2016 | Documents
Researchers at Yale used sophisticated eye-tracking technology for their study. They found, among other things, that preschool teachers “show a tendency to more closely observe black students, and especially boys, when challenging behaviors are expected.” The race of...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 1, 2016 | Workshop
In 1957, nine black teenagers faced the threat of angry mobs when they attempted to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Monday, March 14, 2016 (11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) a workshop for teachers will be held at Brookdale Community College to...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 28, 2015 | Article, Awards, Speech
Award-winning teacher Emily E. Smith describes the lesson one of her students taught her that changed how she teaches. “[M]y children knew about white privilege before I did. The closest I could ever come was empathy. My curriculum from then on...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 4, 2015 | Documents
Librarians Nicole Pagowsky and Niamh Wallace at the University of Arizona created a guide to resources about the killing of Michael Brown and subsequent events in Ferguson, Missouri. In addition, they list sources on critical race theory, media coverage, and teaching...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 7, 2015 | Events
At the annual meeting of the American Historical Association on Monday, January 5, during a session called “Understanding Ferguson: Race, Power, Protest and the Past,” a panel of historians said “they’ve got an obligation to help students and society at...
