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BLOGPOST: Talking About Race with South African Students 20 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
During a seven-week stay as a visiting professor in South Africa, I was invited to Alexandria High School by its principal, Mr. Matthews. Alexandria High School’s student population is 95 percent blac...
BLOGPOST: Fostering Good Learning Experiences, Starting with High School 6 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
This would seem an opportune moment in our national history to bring new ideas to the institution of high school. As a parade of commission reports attest, there is growing recognition among stakehold...
BLOGPOST: Music, Diversity, and Mission in One Black Student Organization 2 Jul 2013 | 06:31 pm
The term diversity is exceedingly common—some would even say conspicuous—in discussions of higher education, yet there is no consensus as to its import or even a precise definition. On one hand, some ...
BLOGPOST: First, Do No Harm 17 Jun 2013 | 07:56 pm
As the country searches for ways to keep students safe in schools, we must ensure that our efforts do not hinder academic success or, worse, push students out of school and into the juvenile justice s...
BLOGPOST: Five Top Challenges for New Leaders of Instructional Rounds 29 May 2013 | 10:27 pm
My favorite quote comes from the iconic American Will Rogers: “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” This has proved true throughout my personal and prof...
BLOGPOST: Deeper Learning and the Common Core 1 Apr 2013 | 10:56 pm
The first things I noticed when I walked into classrooms at International High School at Prospect Heights in Brooklyn were the dictionaries. In every room, students sat in groups, and in the middle of...
BLOGPOST: Universal Design for Learning and Improving Education for Incarcerated Youth 20 Mar 2013 | 06:22 pm
Incarcerated youth have the right to a high-quality education. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can serve as a powerful mechanism to actualize this right. On any given day, more than 81,000 youth ...
BLOGPOST: The Power of Parents 4 Mar 2013 | 09:46 pm
Ricky immigrated to California with his parents and four siblings when he was four years old. Although Ricky is very much an American high school student (his history teacher was surprised to learn th...
NEWS: AACTE to Present Outstanding Book Award to Joyce Nutta, Kouider Mokhtari, and Carine Strebel 26 Feb 2013 | 10:00 am
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) has awarded the 2013 Outstanding Book Award to editors Joyce W. Nutta, Ph.D., Kouider Mokhtari, Ph.D., and Carine Strebel, Ph.D., for...
BLOGPOST: Stand Up or Bystand? New Insights on Bullying 12 Feb 2013 | 02:26 am
Why do we hear so much about bullying in schools today? Is bullying worse now than ever before? Or is it just more visible to the outside world—more pervasive in the new digital era? Some would argue...
