March 7, 2023 You must have heard about the debacle with the AP African American History class. Rest assured, I am not going to rehash it. Instead, this wholly predictable
February 28, 2023 Part of great teaching is developing and testing hypotheses as to why some things work for your students—and others, sometimes the most beautifully designed lesson plans—just don’t.
February 23, 2023 To quickly review: the first article focused on how to embed Identity and the second article addressed how to add Diversity to the traditional visual arts curriculum.
February 8, 2023 I was in a local bookstore’s business section and hoping to find a book on stock investment by Warren Buffett. I was pacing up and down the
February 1, 2023 The first part of this series spoke about the traditional Visual Arts Canon as a bastion of the “old white guy club.” It tackled how to embed
January 25, 2023 ChatGPT calls on Humanities teachers to dig even deeper into what is already our core purpose—celebrating humanity … even in a tech-centric world. ChatGPT challenges us to
January 12, 2023 Traditionally, the visual arts are a bastion of the “old, white guy club”. When looking at the visual arts Canon and the type of art generally taught
January 9, 2023 During 31 years in the independent school world (35 if you add the student experience), visiting over 100 schools was one of my favorite activities. I always
December 29, 2022 I couldn’t find the right educational fit for my daughter. Eliza had cerebral palsy. She was intelligent, curious, and social but was non-verbal and non-ambulatory. I wanted
December 28, 2022 Any teacher who has ever run a discussion-based classroom will tell you that they want it to be equitable and that all students should be heard—that no