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Why We Need LGBTQ+ Curricula

In 2018, GLSEN's national school climate study indicated that 59.5% of LGBTQ students “felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and 44.6% felt unsafe because of their gender...

Washington D.C.

Think Economics Is Boring? It’s Actually the Key to Good Citizenship

When teachers, parents and students think about civics in the classroom, first and foremost they imagine social studies, Constitution Day and the Pledge of Allegiance. It is, of course, part of our...

Parents

Back to School, Back to Basics With Parent-Teacher Partnerships

The smell of education is in the air. Parents have bought uniforms and school supplies are packed up and ready to go. Teachers have completed their beginning of the year requirements, decorated their...

Teaching

If We Care for Kids, We Can’t Shut Down Teachers Who Truly Want to Do Better by Them

This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose. It happened last week when my 8 Black Hands crew recorded a live podcast at a gathering of educators who came together for the...

anti-racism

Go Slow at the Beginning of the Year So Your Students Can Go Fast Later

Welcome back to a new year of students and teaching! For some of you, this will be your first group of students and they will make a lasting impact on your teaching journey. Enjoy the time you have...

Charter Schools

Don't Forget, Not Every Student Had Opportunities for Enrichment This Summer

This summer, my students and I learned that blue crabs are really feisty, but mosquitos are even feistier. For two weeks in June, I chaperoned a student fellowship program called Earthwatch Ignite,...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Stories

Why We Need LGBTQ+ Curricula

Think Economics Is Boring? It’s Actually the Key to Good Citizenship

Back to School, Back to Basics With Parent-Teacher Partnerships

If We Care for Kids, We Can’t Shut Down Teachers Who Truly Want to Do Better by Them

Go Slow at the Beginning of the Year So Your Students Can Go Fast Later

Don't Forget, Not Every Student Had Opportunities for Enrichment This Summer