Japanese American Relocation Camp Resources for Educators
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. began making an enemy of its own people—people who looked like those who bombed them. Japanese Americans were consequently rounded up and relocated into camps in remote places, taking only what they could carry. Eleanor Roosevelt continually tried to appeal to her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt to… Read More ›
How to Choose Words That Motivate Students During Online Learning
In order to foster engagement and motivation, online learning experiences need to be framed in a way that allows students to take ownership of their learning. This article explains ways teachers can make a big impact on student learning just by re-framing how they instruct their lessons and assignments. It offers an explicit example of… Read More ›
Now More Than Ever: Structured Collaborative Inquiry for Today’s Hybrid Learning Environments
As remote learning becomes part of our new reality, it is critical that schools set up rich opportunities for both educators and students to address the challenges and inequities that inevitably occur with online education. To do this now, more than ever, we need systems that support teachers to become students of their students’ thinking.… Read More ›
How to Better Support Your Black Colleagues
Black teachers change schools or abandon the profession at higher rates than their White counterparts, so supporting the needs of Black teachers is crucial in the fight for racial justice in our schools. For schools to be truly student-centered, they will need to be able to attract, retain and support teachers of color. This Edutopia… Read More ›
Using Social Justice to Promote Student Voice
This article describes how a middle school teacher nurtures student voice by teaching students to articulate their views on topics they care about. The author describes an assignment during distance learning that asked students to look at the ways in which intersectionality and systemic issues played out in a topic they cared about. Issues of… Read More ›
5 Steps Toward Cultural Competence in Schools
This article explores the habits and actions of culturally competent educators and administrators. The author provides a good overview of what it means to be culturally competent and then provides detail on 5 things culturally competent educators do, including growing their own knowledge, setting measurable goals, collaborating and sharing, and being comfortable with vulnerability. This… Read More ›
Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
This article explores what culturally responsive education (CRE) looks like during remote education. The article outlines the ways in which a fifth-grade teacher is building relationships and empowering students, important building blocks of culturally responsive teaching while teaching online. Teachers of any grade level can gain ideas from this article and from Teaching Tolerance’s website… Read More ›
19 Black Teachers on Instagram to Listen To and Learn From
This article features excellent black educators of all subjects and grade-levels. It includes a short description of each teacher, an important article they have recently written and a link to their twitter feeds. This site will help educators connect with each other and gain ideas to promote equity in their classrooms. Source Organization: We Are… Read More ›
SEL Strategies to Support Teachers of Students with Learning Differences During the Pandemic
This EdSurge series consists of three articles focused on ways that social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies can help educators serving students with disabilities during remote teaching and learning. The authors explore ways in which SEL strategies can help reframe and address challenges in a remote learning environment in ways that will benefit all students now and… Read More ›
How Students Benefit from a School Reopening Plan Designed for Those at the Margins
This article advocates for designing inclusive solutions during the pandemic. It encourages educators to plan first and foremost for those students at the margins, who whether due to disabilities, poverty, or homelessness were often not served fully during the rapid switch to remote learning this spring. The article describes a design challenge hosted by University of… Read More ›
Planning for Better Professional Development in an Uncertain Future
This article offers advice for administrators looking to provide professional development for teachers during remote learning. The author discusses the topics that will be most important for teachers through the next school year, including a focus on trauma-informed teaching practices and partnerships with families. The advice will be helpful to school and district leaders planning… Read More ›
Ideas for Doing PD Learning from Home
This article from a veteran teacher offers tips for educators looking for high-quality professional development they can complete from home. The author provides ideas for making the most of the materials available on the web as well as professional reading. They also suggest several places teachers can take courses online to get graduate credits without… Read More ›