Bilingual teacher helps students celebrate cultural similarities

Teacher at the Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School helps her students learn about Latin American cultures through history, food, music and more.
University of Delaware

Bringing Spanish culture to the classroom

In collaboration with Delaware Department of Education, UD leads study abroad trip to Spain for Delaware K-12 language teachers Angela Trani, a Spanish teacher at Olive B. Loss Elementary School in ...
University of Delaware

Building cultural bridges through education

The University of Delaware’s English Language Institute (ELI) may primarily be known for its outstanding English as a second language program, but its professional development and training ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

From tortilla Española and sushi to tarte au citron, UAB professors connect students to foods’ cultural roots

A global cooking class at the University of Alabama at Birmingham this year had students cooking up a tasty cultural ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Zaretta Hammond began this series last year on the common elements that teachers get wrong about culturally responsive teaching, and many more educators will be contributing their thoughts on the ...
eSchool News

3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture

True education is as much about the environment as it is about instruction. That may sound like a bold statement, but it makes sense when you take a moment to consider the evidence. If a child is ...

‘Culture on a plate': USC class tells a story about the South through barbecue

"Food is culture," a student at the university said. "If you are going to learn one thing about a people, you better start with the food." ...
EdSurge

Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

On my first day as an Arabic teacher, my school mentor sternly advised me, "Avoid the three taboos: sex, politics, and religion.” When I started teaching Arabic in a public school, I inherited the ...
Forbes

Beyond Intuition: Rethinking Classroom Culture With Behavioral Insight

In classrooms, educators have long relied on experience and gut instinct to gauge student understanding and classroom dynamics. Intuition will always be a valuable tool for teachers, but the rise of ...
National Catholic Reporter

Keep the culture wars out of the classroom

Earlier this week, my colleague Melissa Cedillo reported on a letter signed by 64 members of the faculty at St. Louis University, protesting a proposal before the Missouri legislature that would bar ...

Miguel Is Teaching Students At NYU’s Steinhardt School Of Culture, Education, And Human Development

Miguel is carving out time to educate the youth on the music industry. Scholar-in-Residence. The Grammy-winning musician and ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

Today’s post continues a yearlong series on mistakes that are made in the name of culturally responsive teaching. Crystal M. Watson is an educational leader in Cincinnati. She is passionate about ...