Category Archives: Changing the Discourse
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
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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The Dropout Crisis: Solutions from Castlemont High
I spent this morning listening to a great segment on our local NPR affiliate KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny. The segment, entitled “The Dropout Crisis: Solutions” was broadcast from the auditorium of Oakland’s Castlemont High School and featured guests Fania … Continue reading
But That’s Just Good Teaching!
Last week’s event with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings was phenomenal. We co-sponsored the event at Oakland High School with Mills College’s Center for Urban School Partnerships and couldn’t be more grateful for the folks at Mills for getting this great event … 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
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings in Oakland | March 8, 2012
We are pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Mills College School of Education, Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships. The Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships presents their year-long series: Preparing Educators and Youth in a Racist World. Dr. … Continue reading
Mass Incarceration and the school to prison pipeline
We are disturbed and inspired to action by Michelle Alexander’s research and analysis, summed up in her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The information below does not directly touch on education, but it speaks deeply to … Continue reading
