Author Archives: Chris Perrius
How to Coach a “Resistant” Teacher – reblog from EdWeek
Shane Safir was a guest blogger for EdWeek’s The Art of Coaching Teachers blog by Elena Aguilar. Elena writes, “There’s one request for advice that I receive more than any other from coaches: How can I coach a resistant teacher?” … Continue reading
The Common Core, Pre-Reading, and Equity
Our Curriculum Developer Zaretta Hammond co-authored an article for the new issue of Phi Delta Kappan titled “Text and Truth: Reading, student experience, and the Common Core” (requires subscription). Zaretta and her co-author Susan Sandler write that the Common Core … Continue reading
Teacher of the Year testimony
I’Asha Warfield was named one of two Teachers of the Year for Alameda County California, encompassing 23 districts serving over 200,000 students, 40% of them low-income. She is an English teacher at Frick Middle School in Oakland Unified. She worked … Continue reading
Equitable Turnaround Approaches
A new report on turnaround schools came through our in box last week, representing a welcome alternative view of leadership and change to the dominant approaches in the education system that aligns with National Equity Project approaches. First, the dominant approach to improving … Continue reading
Posted in achievement gap, Leadership, Relationships, school reform
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Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education
That’s the title of a report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). It’s written for foundations but has insights and data that are useful for other equity workers. (The PDF is free, the fee is for the printed report.) The … Continue reading
Posted in Bias, Changing the Discourse, Structural Racism
Tagged meritocracy, philanthropy, systems change, whole system reform
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The Moral Imperative: With the Kellogg Foundation Learning Labs in Mississippi
The Learning Labs is a national movement to radically improve early learning (birth to age 5) for all children in the United States. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the movement consists of a partnership of innovative state-level early learning … Continue reading
Pay Now or Pay Much More Later
Last week a group called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids released “Pay Now or Pay Much More Later,” a report on proposed cuts in California to early childhood education. Research supports the idea that the less we invest in early education in … Continue reading
Posted in Education Funding, Uncategorized
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Teaching with a Cultural Eye and Listening
We welcomed over 40 teachers and other educators, including teams from nine bay area K-12 schools, to our most recent Teaching with a Cultural Eye (TCE) Institute last week (March 15-16) to learn, discuss, and reflect on relationships with students in the context … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Discourse, Coaching, Constructivist Listening, Effective Teaching, Equity Pedagogy, school improvement, school reform, Uncategorized
Tagged growth mindset, social emotional learning, student engagement, teaching with a cultural eye, techer student relationships
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Early Learning and Development Guidelines Published
The National Equity Project supported the Washington Department of Early Learning (DEL), the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), and Thrive by Five Washington in a recent revision of the Early Learning and Development Guidelines for children from birth … Continue reading
Detroit Parents Visiting Schools – Update
We blogged recently about working with parents in Detroit on how to productively evaluate their schools. Now the parents have begun their school visits, organized by Excellent Schools Detroit, and there was a nice piece on it in the local … Continue reading
