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How a framework for reaching out to boys helped Boston make social justice progress
When I served as deputy superintendent for Boston Public Schools, I worked with a cohort of 44 K-12 principals and headmasters to create a model that supports minority males and helps them to reach or..
Through students’ eyes
Like most policies and practices in education, agendas for achieving social justice in classrooms are defined and pursued by adults. Missing are the perspectives of those most directly affected by wha..
Tradition becomes the teacher
One way to approach the improvement of instruction is for educators to learn from student interactions in cultural events that fully engage students’ motivation and curiosity. In such a context, edu..
The long and winding road to social justice
In working toward social justice in schools, we encounter people at different places on the continuum. Educators in our large, primarily white, suburban school district — Parkway School District..
A large cup of insight
A couple of years ago, a few minutes after watching a teacher and student spiral into what might be called a spirited discussion about respect, I made a mistake. Fifty-six years old, with a shiny new ..
Coaches root out deep bias
If you were an African-American student at Acorn Woodland Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., a few years ago, chances are good you found yourself in trouble in the principal’s office. Then-pr..
The challenge for educators
What will it take? We all are so familiar with the impact that culture, race, and language have on all of us. The literature is so clear on the development of language in presch..
Collaborative culture
The mission of the Corpus Christi Independent School District is to develop the hearts and minds of all students. It does our community little good to try to educate our students on academics without ..
