What Does a Joyful, Justice-Centered Classroom Look Like
It would be good for doctoral students to learn to create joyful, justice-centered classrooms. Doctoral students, in Ed.D. program are being trained to work as educational professionals. One thing they…
Strength-Based Teaching: Proven Strategies to Empower Every Learner
Strength-based teaching as an educational approach focuses on identifying and building up each student’s strength, talents and interests in order to enhance learning as well as personal growth. When using…
Good Educators Can Maintain Academic Excellence and Support Marginalized Voices
Good educators are able to maintain academic excellence and support marginalized voices at the same time. It is important for educators to understand that academic excellence and equity are not…
Champion Equity in Schools and Unlock Your Child’s Potential
My dissertation research focused in part on how Black parents champion equity in affluent, predominantly white school districts to support the academic success of their children. These parents faced many…
Marginalized Women Entering Academia: How to Handle Common Experiences
There are some experiences that are common among marginalized women entering academia. In today's educational landscape, women, particularly women of color, first-generation scholars, and nontraditional students are often forced to…
The Right Morning Practices Can Center Equity and Make You a Better Educator
The morning routine is a way of carrying your values into the day. Educators should be intentional in the way they start their mornings and the way they start their…
Empowered Educators Know: Mental Health Fuels Equity in the Classroom
When educators talk about their students mental health, they are often talking about the students' emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Wrapped up in student mental health is the ability to…
Want to Be an Equity-Centered Educator? Look at Classroom Design
Would you be surprised to hear that equity is more than curriculum or policy? It also lives in the physical spaces we create. It matters how a classroom is designed.…
The Best Educators Strive to Create Equity-Centered Classrooms
Equity-centered teaching is a powerful and transformative approach that re-envisions what happens in the classroom using a lens of justice, belonging, and student voices. When an educator teaches in an…