Race & Justice: Fertile Ground for Educators to Effectuate Meaningful Change
Interactive Seminar Recap By Andrew Henry CITE is presenting a series of workshops for educators. Last week, we shared this one from Dr. Gassaway: Race & Justice: Fertile Ground for Educators to Effectuate Meaningful Change. In today’s social climate we need material that will give us the tools to engage with tough problems for today […]
Inequality and Reshaping the Education System
by Andrew Henry When it comes to race and injustice there is no better time than now to apply change in every industry. Remember that you can always learn more and become better at what you do by being opening to hearing the experience of others within your field. It’s no secret that the killings […]
Challenging Inequality in the Classroom
Inequality in Schools by Andrew Henry It’s interesting to see which schools never had computer classes, which schools never had new books, what equipment the science teachers and gym teachers had, the differences in after-school programs from school to school. There are many variations of inequality within the school system and many of them relate […]
COVID and Back to School
Back to School, Exploring the New Normal by Andrew Henry There’s no telling what the upcoming school year will look like; there are so many different updates surrounding this topic. Teachers might be in a classroom with 10 kids max, teaching in cafeterias instead of classrooms for social distancing or doing it all virtually. We […]
How Should Schools Talk About Race?
Race and Education by Andrew Henry Now more than ever is the time where we need to pay attention to the needs of every student. Between the events surrounding the coronavirus, police brutality and racism in America, students need to be able to feel understood and heard, especially black students in particular. How should schools […]
NYC Wants More Teachers With TESOL Experience
NYC is looking for more teachers with TESOL certification, due to problematic teacher numbers for students who are English Language Learners. It’s clear that immigrant populations face challenges in schools, navigating cultural difference, lack of opportunity, and often language barriers. In school, language often is the largest obstacle. It hurts both learning and socializing. The […]
Brooklyn Families Adjust to Middle School Admissions Process
Applying to a school, any school, can be daunting to both parent and child. Grades, tests, attendance records, interviews, all factors that can determine a child’s trajectory. Or do they? Following approval of a diversity plan that has done away with all of the above, School District 15 is instead asking, “what will this do to help […]
The Renewal School program is coming to an end. What now?
As many know, The Renewal School program that was started in 2014 is coming to a close after spending nearly $750 million dollars on “community schools” throughout NYC. Chalkbeat wrote an interesting piece on the intricacies surrounding the history of The Renewal Program, as well as identifying the larger issue: even with the program coming […]
