by lindaoppenheim | May 24, 2019 | Article
The New York Post may not like it, but it sounds like NYC School Chancellor Richard Carranza’s training is making all the right points. “The training is not focused on white supremacy and white privilege,” Carranza said after a City Council budget hearing on...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 14, 2019 | Article
Gorski discusses four common “detours” schools take avoiding the changes necessary in achieving genuine equity. He follows that discussion with five equity literacy principles that can help schools avoid equity detours and maximize the impact of equity...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 25, 2019 | Call to Action
Encourage educators of colors and others to attend. The Princeton Public Schools district is implementing the recommendations from its 2017-2018 Equity Audit. Help it achieve its equity goals.
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 17, 2019 | Article, Awards
Teacher and Not in Our Town Princeton facilitator, Dr. Joy Barnes-Johnson was awarded the 2019 NJEA Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human and Civil Rights award. While they neglected to mention the award and her co-teaching the first Princeton High School racial literacy...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 11, 2018 | Article, schools
“Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.” Claire Cain Miller reports on several studies about the impact of teacher gender and race on student achievement. While...