How many teachers in your K-12 experience do you feel truly impacted you? It’s a Saturday afternoon in early June, and urban education expert Kwame Simmons
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For more than 35 years, Donna Housman has been helping young children, their teachers and their caregivers build their emotional intelligence. At the Housm
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Last week, I had a consulting call with a potential client (a white teacher), who teaches in a predominantly white school/neighborhood and wants to engage
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The 2021 end-of-year celebrations likely brought a greater sense of accomplishment than normal for educators, students, and families, but we know the last
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Teachers enjoy the summer break, too. However, depending on when school gets out, summer vacation may be winding down already. If that is the case in your
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With summer here and life as we remember emerges, the open doors and public gatherings herald a return to normal. When it comes to schools reopening in the
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The other day, I stumbled upon an online MSNBC interview with Dr. Robin DiAngelo about the release of her new book, “Nice Racism: How Progressive White Peo
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This has been the longest year of my teaching career. Not literally, of course. Like many of you, I’ve worked about 200 days since last August, just as I d
Read More5 Tips to Rid Your School Faculty of Racists
The insurrection of January 6, 2021 was a dark day in our nation’s history. What makes it even darker is that public servants took part in the dysfunction.
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