Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! It’s safe to say scholar, professor, and author Ibram X. Kendi brought the term antiracist into our collective consciousness with his bestseller, How to be an Antiracist.In his latest book, How to Raise an Antiracist, Kendi adapts his work […]
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No, Slavery Was Not “Involuntary Relocation”
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! On Thursday, the news broke that a group of educators in Texas tasked with updating the social studies curriculum for second graders proposed teaching slavery as “involuntary relocation.” The workgroup says that language aims to address the lack of slavery […]
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One Team, Separate Experiences
The Educator’s Room Reviews WNYC’s “Keeping Score” Podcast Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Keeping Score is a brand new 4-part series from WNYC Studios and The Bell. The series follows the real students of one Brooklyn high school building that houses four separate schools and recently integrated their athletic […]
Posted inOpinion
Mr. Courtney’s Publicly Funded Snake Handling Divinity School
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! For 23 years, I have been a public school teacher. Yet, never once have I shared my religious affiliation nor religious beliefs with my class, nor with a single student for that matter. With very rare exceptions, I never […]
Posted inCurrent Events in Education
What Recent SCOTUS Decisions Mean for Education
SCOTUS: While abortion was the most volatile decision made by our Supreme Court last week, SCOTUS made a slew of key decisions over the last few days. These decisions can have far-reaching consequences for students and educators alike. Carson v. Makin One case, Carson v. Makin, most directly impacts education by addressing the ongoing debate over […]
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Which is More Important, Equity or Winning?
The Educator’s Room Reviews WNYC’s “Keeping Score” Podcast Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Keeping Score is a brand new 4-part series from WNYC Studios and The Bell. The series follows the real students of one Brooklyn high school building that houses four separate schools and […]
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Ask The Educator’s Room – Sleeping Students and End of Year Feels
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Welcome to our brand new advice column! Today we’re helping a teacher who got a poor reaction to a note home and another teacher dealing with some end-of-school-year sadness. See what our writers have to say, then share your […]
Posted inOpinion
We Need LGBTQ+ Affirming Schools Now More Than Ever
My High School Made Me Feel Isolated and Ashamed, Today’s LGBTQ Students and Families Deserve Better Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! My Story “How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception.” In 1988 I chose that quote by […]