GreenNotes
You Can’t Be Culturally Responsive Without Being Responsive
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...
Restorative Discipline: Classroom Management for Equity and Justice
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...
Merging Math and Project-Based Learning in a Virtual Classroom
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...
Project-Based Learning Can Make Remote Learning More Meaningful
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...
Of Pivoting and Plastic
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.
The Fundamental Importance of Integrating Equity into Sustainability Curriculum
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...
Tackling Food Waste and Food Insecurity During a Pandemic: A Student-Led Approach to a Community Food Crisis
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...
Adaptation in the Time of COVID-19: Making Big Decisions to Ensure Equitable Access to Virtual Learning
By. Dr. Kay Sturm As I write this, teachers are preparing for the unknown landscape of virtual or hybrid education in the 2020 – 2021 school year. For many teachers, summer was cut short from an average two-month to a hopeful one-month reprieve, with preparations,...
Reimagining the Potential for Virtual Learning: Lessons Learned from a Place-Based, Experiential High School Program
By. Andy Barker As Project Director of an immersive, place-based, experiential high school program, I was as unprepared as anyone for school to shift online last spring when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Vermont. I often say that our program, the Burlington City...
Welcome Back! A letter from our Executive Director
‘Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.’ –Stephen Hawking Back to school this fall is, well, complex. There have been years when I’ve pulled up some of my previous “back to school” letters and made a few tweaks. That’s not possible this year. We are in...