July 1, 2021 By Patrick F. Bassett, President, NAIS (retired), and Sanje Ratnavale, President, OESIS Network In some private schools the hunger for redemption regarding historic racism has unleashed a
September 19, 2023 It was 2004 when a teacher of color was sent by the girls’ school at which he taught to Hawaii for the People of Color Conference (POCC).
September 25, 2023, and September 26, 2024 A backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was inevitable, much like the backlash to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
October 19, 2023, February 24, 2022, and July 23, 2024 For Desmond Tutu and Thich Nhat Hanh “Spiritual bypassing,” a term coined by the American Buddhist teacher, John Welwood, is
November 1, 2023 With the recent dramatic rise in Anti-Semitic incidents, according to the ADL, Jews around the world are uncertain as to whom they should identify their political affiliation
October 30, 2023 For many teachers, class discussion is a chance to dive into content: to unearth new meaning in a text, debate the impact of a historical event, draw
October 25, 2023 These past two weeks of October have tried our ability to communicate. Free speech, either oral or written, has been tested. For educators, it is a poignant
October 11, 2023 In my 2009 Project Based Learning Design and Coaching Guide, I speculated about the longevity of Project Based Learning. I titled my introductory paragraph ‘PBL: A Bridge
October 5, 2023 How many of you associate Rwanda with the word “genocide”? You might shake your heads in disbelief, wondering how Rwanda could ever recover from such a horrifying
September 6, 2023 The year 2023 may still be in its third quarter, but it has already proven to be a devastating legislative year for transgender people in the United States.