December 1, 2020 will mark the eighth year for GivingTuesday – a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. In a very short time, GivingTuesday has revolutionized year-end giving and transformed it into...

By. Qiana Spellman, Ed.M. As educators, we often find ourselves searching for ways to make students’ educational experiences more valuable. We contemplate how to create new initiatives, which programs we can enhance, or what classes we can improve. This is especially...

By. Shamari Reid I arrived late. As a non-native New Yorker, I had confused the train schedules and platforms yet again. Just as I did on my first day living in New York City, I got on the express train when I should’ve boarded the local. I was going to be late. And...

By. Dr. Rachael Mahmood When I first learned about multicultural education in college, I was very excited to start including my students’ backgrounds in the lessons I taught. I, too, come from cultures that aren’t often included in curricular stories or...

By. Heather Cunningham, Ph.D. This past summer, many people in the U.S. and worldwide became more aware of the grave injustices Black Americans face on a daily basis. This awakening has led many educators to ask themselves, “What can I do personally to make my...

By. Sanch Lawrence I vividly remember my last in-person class before COVID-19 upended school as we know it. It was March 13, 2020, the day before Pi day. I was teaching a lesson on simplifying a rational expression to my eleventh-grade Algebra 2 students at Clara...

By. John Larmer Last spring’s experience of “emergency remote teaching” left many students feeling disengaged from their education. Removed from their classrooms and classmates and missing face-to-face interaction with teachers, it was hard to find the motivation to...

By. Melanie Master   Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #124, Summer 2020. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.

By. Sari Beth Rosenberg To create a sustainable future, we need to create equal opportunities for all. Education is an important tool in this mission. Goal Ten of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is “reducing inequalities.” Yet, the equity component of...

By. Natalia de los Ríos Hot, cheesy pizza sliding into the trash can – that’s how my journey into food waste and food insecurity began. During my ordinary pre-COVID-19 high school life, I often arrived at the supermarket after a sports practice or a game just in time...