Preparing pre-service-teachers to teach students from different cultural backgrounds has become an issue that concerns many researchers and educators. This article examines pre-service teachers’ ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s recent decision ...

I had a student I will never forget, a young man who was destined to become the product of low expectations from educators who didn’t believe in his potential. He was told multiple times he didn’t ...

The U.S. reached an important milestone several years ago—minority students now comprise the largest demographic group in our nation’s public schools. While there is great diversity within our student ...

(This is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) In Part One, Denise Facey, Sarah Cooper, Dennisha Murf, and Keisha Rembert “kicked” things off. Denise, ...

They're the subtle cues and behaviors that shape student success—easily picked up by local students, but often unfamiliar for those from refugee backgrounds. This Refugee Week, human rights and ...

As dean of Illinois’ largest teacher preparation program, Jim Wolfinger works to cultivate socially aware educators who can inspire students in any setting — whether that’s an urban neighborhood with ...

As students start heading back to school, many have decisions to make, like whether to take choir or theater. But some schools are expanding their offerings to make room for art that reflects students ...

Years ago, before I became an educator, I took a contemporary Native American studies course as one of my first college classes. For the final research assignment, I choose to explore the ...

Teacher educator, independent researcher, and author Zaretta Hammond has a new book out, Rebuilding Students′ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice, which builds on ...