by lindaoppenheim | Nov 3, 2017 | Opinion
Joy Mohammed instructs teachers about their obligation to recognize their students of color for whom they are. “The cure for racism in education is not colorblindness. Colorblindness erases the student’s individuality in the educational space. The statement is...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 25, 2017 | Article
Amy Halberstadt received a William T. Grant Foundation grant for her work about how “practices that reduce racial bias among teachers can respond to gaps in academic and disciplinary outcomes between Black and White students. . . . . Teachers and educational...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 25, 2017 | Opinion
In time for the beginning of a new school year, Laurie Calvert describes training that helped her see herself more objectively and the racist attitudes and behaviors she brought into her classroom. To read more, click here.
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 29, 2017 | Opinion
As teacher David Jackson explains: “The fact that my skin color matches that of my students doesn’t give me any superpowers as an educator. But it does give me the ability to see them in a way that’s untarnished by the stereotypes, biases and cultural...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 13, 2017 | Community Meeting
In this account by Philip Sean Curran of the Princeton Packet, Superintendent Stephen Cochrane pledges to hire more minorities as teachers.