TeachThought
Ideally, the pursuit of equity is both a cause and an effect–the natural product of a child-centered curriculum designed to promote wisdom and critical literacy. By helping students see and think and act and hope and design and restore and protect, we can help them live better lives in the places that are important to them. This is equity as a cause.
Equity as an effect is the long-tail outcome–or countless outcomes–where knowledge applied with careful scrutiny and care and affection yields itself again: Equity yields equity.
In public education, it is common to honor equity as a goal but we can also honor it as an input and output for the curriculum, teaching strategies, learning models, reading lists, and countless other bits and pieces of what we do as teachers.
Below is some of content that addresses some of the concepts related to equity, including race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, geography, technology access, and more. Contact me at [email protected] or using the contact form below with any questions or concerns or ideas or opportunities. I’d love to hear from you.
–Terry Heick
Founder and Director, TeachThought
Drew Perkins talks with Ian Rowe about his work with 1776 Unites and Vertex Partnership Academies to help marginalized students reach success.
Educating students doesn’t have to take the form of a one-sided lecture or reading. In fact, it works better if it doesn’t.
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 220 Empowering Traditionally Marginalized Students Drew Perkins talks with Jay McCullar about his work to empower traditionally marginalized students further their
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 217 A Closer Look At Critical Race Theory And White Fragility Drew Perkins talks with Rod Graham, Associate Professor of Sociology
And in the extended metaphor, kids aren’t sent to the principal’s office, they’re born there. They’ve never even seen the actual classroom.
Drew talks with Tyrone Howard, professor of education at the University of California Los Angeles about how to make real progress on racism.
Teaching is easy. Teaching well is very, very hard to do day in and day out, especially in the schools that need it most.
Part of teaching during the Black Lives Matter era is helping African American students know and tell their stories with wisdom and urgency and affection.
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 213 Enduring And Sustainable Anti-Racism Drew Perkins talks with Irshad Manji, Director for Courage, Curiosity, and Character at Let Grow, about
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 211 Updating Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs For Greater Student Potential Drew Perkins talks with social psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman about his
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 210 Polarization, Racism, And Education Drew Perkins talks with John Wood Jr. of Braver Angels about bringing people together on the
With the current COVID-19 crisis we are facing a time where schools are closed and many students are trapped in an abusive home. But there is hope.
