Social Dynamics and Black Culture: How to Effectively Reach and Teach Black Students
In my role as a Black counselor in an educational setting, I am tasked with the unspoken responsibility of “handling” Black children.
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Can Teachers Partner with Families for Student Success?
Family engagement is an evidence-based solution that promotes wide-ranging benefits like reduced chronic absenteeism, and improved social and emotional skills.
Teacher’s Pet: May/June 2024
The Teacher's Pet column is an opportunity for teachers to showcase their animal companions in the pages of TEACH Magazine!
Juneteenth
These recently-released books can help students learn more about the history of Juneteenth and the lived realities of Black people in America, both past and present.
Conservation Areas
Engaging with the outdoors allows children to form a lasting bond with nature, and also helps them understand the responsibility they have to sustain it.
How to Be a Good Communication Partner
Here are 5 simple strategies students can use to be more inclusive of classmates with communication disorders.
The Importance of Bees: Teaching Kids about Pollinators
It’s about time bees got the proper respect they deserve, and at one elementary school in Ottawa, they will soon have an entire pollinator meadow dedicated to them.
Does social media affect girls’ well-being and learning?
The 2024 GEM Gender Report warns against the use of social media in educational settings to protect young girls’ well-being and learning.
Embracing the Change: How to Reclaim Technology for Student Achievement
The world is in the midst of a technological revolution that has surpassed expectations, and I’m witnessing firsthand how growing up in this digital age is impacting our students.
Becoming Black: Reconciling Race Relations as an Afro-Caribbean Educator
As a Caribbean immigrant educator, I have had to adapt to the United States in several ways—racially, socially, and academically.