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Students demand equity and inclusion: call for admissions, curriculum, counseling changes
Manhattan’s Beacon High School students are fighting for racial equity in NYC’s highly segregated school system. Three student activists talk about their experiences in...
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Crises and opportunity: A holistic approach to supporting and empowering youth
In light of the pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted BIPOC, and BLM uprisings, we’re revisiting Jon’s interview with Jason Warwin of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol....
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Challenging hierarchies: The role of the social justice teacher educator
Dr. Sherry Deckman speaks about creating classroom environments that challenge cultural and social hierarchies. Teachers need to be aware of the lenses through which...
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Why teach history? Knowing “why” shapes “how”
Richard Miller, who taught in progressive NYC secondary schools for 28 years, talks about teaching students to think like historians, weighing different sources and...
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Therapeutic crisis intervention: a consultant’s role in creating an ethical school culture
Misha Thomas, longtime consultant with Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools, discusses how schools can develop trauma-informed systems for resolving behavioral conflicts and crises. He...
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The principal as “keeper of the vision”: Fostering and protecting an ethical community
Jill Herman, founding principal of East Side Community H.S, now at Bank Street College, raises essential questions: To whom should a principal be accountable?...