Another World is Possible In April 2019, educator Shane Safir attended a convening of the Deeper Learning Dozen, a collaborative of 12 U.S. and Canadian school districts under the leadership of professor Jal Mehta from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In chapter one of her
Prevailing U.S. pedagogy tends to focus on preparing students to score well on multiple choice tests. Yet there are a host of major problems with this “accumulation-based” pedagogy (a.k.a. factory model, banking model [Freire, 1970]), particularly for multilingual students: The tests are in English, and
Learn to Understand and Address the Causes of Student Disengagement By Lee Ann Jung When asking teachers about some of the most challenging parts of their job, they often want to know ways they can motivate their students or how to address challenging behaviors. They want students
As someone who assists schools in developing trauma-informed systems of support, I hear countless stories about the challenges educators face in their schools. The stories of trauma experienced by educators and students weigh heaviest on my heart. Thankfully, a growing number of schools are committed