“Honestly, the truth is, this isn’t just for one group. All students benefit from learning environments where mistakes are treated as part of the process rather than the final judgment. See, games make that possible. A math game can encourage persistence. A history simulation can deepen empathy. And a collaborative quest can teach communication. Games…
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The Unspoken Rules: How Culture Shapes Power in Professional Spaces
by Michael Strickland In the architecture of everyday conversation, some voices echo in marble halls while others whisper against soundproof walls. Cultural power dynamics play out constantly in workplace settings, often in subtle ways that can significantly impact people’s experiences and career trajectories. Consider how communication styles reflect cultural power dynamics. In many Western corporate…
The Practice of Trust, by David Kirkland
If you’ve ever stepped into a vulnerable school or a fractured community with a clipboard full of good intentions, you’ve likely seen it in eyes, before you heard it in voices, hesitation, guardedness, and quiet doubt. “We’ve seen people like you before.” And they’re right because, before it leads to a strategy, a policy, or…
The Challenge of Color: Seton Hall University Dean Cites Interdisciplinary Approach to Education as the Solution
Dean Bryan Crable is thinking about color, opportunity, and how we as a society conceptualize race, racism, and privilege. For him, as Dean of the newly formed College of Human Development, Culture, and Media at Seton Hall University, these ideas are some of the most crucial of our time, according to an article by Allison Joseph….
Rethinking education in the light of post-truth “new” racism and xenophobia: the need for critical intercultural media and news literacy
Post-truth can be described as a cultural phenomenon in which emotional or personal beliefs have more influence on public opinion and policy decisions than facts, evidence, or rational discourse (McIntyre, 2018), writes Christina Hajisoteriou. Objective facts and evidence may be downplayed, dismissed, or manipulated to support a particular narrative or agenda. In a post-truth environment,…
HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) Executive Director Marybeth Gasman and Senior Research Associate Levon T. Esters are proud to release a new book examining the role Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play in empowering Black students, fostering economic development, building community, and mentoring leaders and activists. HBCU: The Power of Historically Black…
Teachers of Color Face Unique Challenges. Here Are Some of Them (Opinion)
These invisible and often unpaid tasks took various forms. For instance: Black male educators taking on roles as disciplinariansLatinx educators acting as language translatorsCreating and curating culturally responsive, anti-racist and socially just curricular materialsServing on equity committees and taking leadership positionsMentoring racially marginalized studentsBridging the cultural gap as culture translators and mediatorsIn addition to the…
The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing
With the ravages of Covid-19, the idea that students should be forced to take any sort of standardized test this year is incomprehensible. The priority right now should be on strengthening instruction and support for students and families in communities most traumatized by the impact of the coronavirus, according to an article in NEA magazine by John Rosales…
How Educators Who Consider Themselves ‘White Allies’ Can Be Dangerous When It Comes To Developing Anti-Racist Classrooms
“I am a white ally,” the 30 something-year-old white teacher declared emphatically in the diversity and inclusion professional development session. She snapped her fingers to co-sign a colleague’s comments about Black Lives Matter, changed her Facebook profile picture to commemorate Breonna Taylor, and talked at length about brown and Black lives, writes Dr. Sana Shaikh on…
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