Thanksgiving is upon us—in the air, in the trees, in the longer nights, and anticipation of a long weekend. But also in the grocery stores and in our schools. Thanksgiving has been distilled into a...
When I invite teachers to rethink how they teach Columbus at our semiannual UnColumbus Day Symposium in Philadelphia, many teachers think it’s not for them. “I don’t teach about Columbus. I don’t...
In March of 2021, I was in the thick of the social media marketing campaign for my company’s inaugural Stay True to the Teacher in You Virtual Summit. The summit’s stated mission was twofold: to...
It is that time of year again. It is time for some teachers somewhere to completely botch incorporating Thanksgiving and Native Americans into the curriculum. However, this does not need to occur....
Columbus Day should have never been a holiday. This is a concept that some people struggle with because of some warped sense of belief in Manifest Destiny, a belief that colonization was inevitable...