EarlyBird Education is a groundbreaking dyslexia screening and early literacy assessment platform for PreK – 1 students. At this webinar, CEO Carla Small will talk about how EarlyBird are using our voice engine to power oral reading assessments for kids who are still pre-readers, and how the voice data generated allows educators to screen for …
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140th anniversary of the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882 – 1943) The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law that mandated the exclusion of foreigners from immigrating to the United States purely on the basis of race. The law not only profoundly shaped the American experience of the Chinese immigrants …
Join Chalkbeat New York and THE CITY as we discuss the second season of “School Colors” with podcast creators Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman. This live podcast event will include a conversation with special guest New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A moderated by Chalkbeat’s Reema Amin. …
Live event with the hosts of the ‘School Colors’ podcast at Queens Public Read More »
In 1982 William Styron’s novel, Sophie’s Choice, premiered as a movie, one of the first popular films connected to the Holocaust. The title of the iconic book and film has become a widely-used phrase, with few knowing its origin. On this 40th Anniversary join us for a look back at the making of Sophie’s Choice, …
Forty Years After Sophie’s Choice: Hollywood and the Holocaust Read More »
Please join Paula Yoo as we discuss her book, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian-American Movement.
Join author Katie Yamasaki as she reads from and discusses her newest picture book that celebrates the life of her grandfather, the acclaimed Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki. She will also lead a short interactive art activity connected to the story. This event is appropriate for kids of all ages. Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling …
In Honolulu Chinatown: 200 Years of Red Lanterns & Red Lights, Gary Coover has done extensive historical research into hundreds of historical buildings in Honolulu’s Chinatown from the turn of the 19th Century to the present day. In what is expected to be an extremely compelling and fascinating webinar, we look at the past, present …
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Premier School Operations has created a networking group to support school operation professionals across the country! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals who have encountered similar tasks, challenges and wins! Feel free to join us on Thursday, January 19th where we will share knowledge, best practices and connect with like-minded professionals! RSVP today for …
Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty (Routledge, 2019) examines the challenges faced by diverse faculty members in colleges and universities. Highlighting the experiences of faculty of color—including African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Indigenous populations—in higher education across a range of institutional types, chapter authors employ an autoethnographic approach to the telling of their stories. …
Nearly every aspect of how Americans work has changed over the past 50 years. Our nation’s need for qualified STEM professionals has never been greater. This is magnified by the challenge of sustaining a diverse pipeline that supports young women and underrepresented groups in STEM. This gap in workforce readiness presents schools, communities, and corporations …
Executive Roundtable Building Our Future Workforce Together Read More »
One enduring legacy of Chinese Americans is their longstanding service to our country. In fact, Chinese in America have served in the U.S. military since the Civil War. More than 20,000 served in World War II. Join our distinguished panel as we talk about some of the Chinese American men and women who have served …
Giving What We Can wants to offer any school full sponsorship to host a charity election, a school-wide election among three charities. Through the election, students vote to direct up to $2,000 in fully sponsored funds to their choice of three highly impactful charities. Essentially, students learn about three impactful charities, use reasoning and evidence to …
Grades 2-6 Celebrate your students’ power to learn and create change through the power of play. Using the pillars of LEGO® Build the Change, students will immerse themselves in real-world problems, create solutions as they learn through play, and display what they create as they share their ideas! Discover how creativity, learning, and imagination all intersect …
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, a documentary featuring letters written by U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof, augment the first-person “narrative” by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did …
Dr. David J. Silverman will reveal the Thanksgiving Myth and dive into the often overlooked history of the Wampanoag people. He will explore how the traditional Thanksgiving Myth has promoted the idea that Native people willingly ceded their country to the English to give rise to a white, Christian, democratic nation. The talk traces how …
Following years of virtual schooling for students, severe understaffing and overwork for teachers, and cataclysmic changes to education as we know it brought on the pandemic, where do we go from here? Teachers have innovated. Students have persevered. Education leaders have pushed for policies to build a better future that demands more emphasis on social-emotional …
What is the Future of Education Reform? Thought Leadership Event Read More »
Join National PTA, and other leading education organizations to celebrate National Parent Involvement Day in a virtual townhall on November 17th at 7 PM EST. Tune in to discover how using the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships can enhance your efforts to help children and communities thrive. Hear about the latest updates to the National …
Youth Communication and national education leaders will discuss strategies to address complex education challenges and create culturally responsive learning communities to: Help young people heal from experiences with racism, sexism, and other injustices Support students to achieve their personal and academic goals Uplift teen voices in a world that too often marginalizes them This event is in-person in …
You’ve invested time and resources into reading assessment data collection but now what? Join AIM Institute for Learning & Research content developers and AIM Pathways facilitators Dr. Megan Gierka and Nicole Kingsland for a FREE webinar to learn ways you can use assessment data to support targeted literacy instruction in your school or classroom. Participants …
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The School Operations Leadership program will provide you with the opportunity to become a stronger Ops professional, learn the skills and strategies necessary to excel within your career, strengthen your professional network, and connect with like-minded professionals! Program Description: 3 virtual workshops (Time & Task Management, People Management, Creating & Maintaining School Systems) 3 individual …
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This online seminar will instruct students and parents on unique strategies that may help students increase their GPA. About this event Improving your child’s GPA quickly can be challenging, especially if they are already in the latter half of high school. With their previous grades working against them, students will have to put in even …
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This online seminar will instruct students and parents on unique strategies that may help students increase their GPA. About this eventImproving your child’s GPA quickly can be challenging, especially if they are already in the latter half of high school. With their previous grades working against them, students will have to put in even more …
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress enacted statutes to empower individuals to sue state and local officials and certain private actors who violated their constitutional and civil rights directly in federal courts. Chinese individuals of limited means—including laborers, laundrymen, and storekeepers victimized by rampant anti-Asian violence and discrimination—were among the first to sue …
Speakers from MOCA and Intrepid Museum will discuss Chinese Americans’ service during WWII and why it’s taken so long for these brave men and women to receive their deserved recognition. There will be time to ask questions and share stories.
Every year since 2010 the Chinese American Museum has hosted a Commemoration event to remember the victims of the Chinese Massacre of 1871. This year, the museum is hosting a special on-site film screening and in-person program.
Connie Young Yu (a descendant of Chinese railroad workers) on the early Chinese immigrants to Santa Clara Valley, national anti-Chinese legislation, and several local excavations for redevelopment projects which have uncovered significant remnants of Chinese communities. Connie Young Yu, a 4th generation Californian, is a writer, historian, and noted speaker. She has written extensively about Asian …
Tributes and Apologies: The Legacy of Chinese in Santa Clara Read More »
Join our Student Recruitment workshop to expand your knowledge for effectively recruiting students and strengthen your tools to engage and retain new families. We understand the importance for charter schools to meet their recruitment and enrollment goals on an annual basis. Our presenter, Erica Minor has over 10 years of experience in school operations and …
Charter School Operations: Student Recruitment Workshop (Virtual) Read More »
Join our Student Recruitment workshop to expand your knowledge for effectively recruiting students and strengthen your tools to engage and retain new families. We understand the importance for charter schools to meet their recruitment and enrollment goals on an annual basis. Our presenter, Erica Minor has over 10 years of experience in school operations and …
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Join our Student Recruitment workshop to expand your knowledge for effectively recruiting students and strengthen your tools to engage and retain new families. We understand the importance for charter schools to meet their recruitment and enrollment goals on an annual basis. Our presenter, Erica Minor has over 10 years of experience in school operations and …
Charter School Operations: Student Recruitment Workshop (Virtual) Read More »
The School Operations Leadership program will provide you with the opportunity to become a stronger Ops professional, learn the skills and strategies necessary to excel within your career, strengthen your professional network, and connect with like-minded professionals! Program Description: 3 virtual workshops (Time & Task Management, People Management, Creating & Maintaining School Systems) 3 individual …
School Operations: Leadership Program (Cohort #1) Read More »
The Partnership Summit is a one-day symposium that brings together Massachusetts education leaders, policy makers, education practitioners, district and school administrators, philanthropy leaders and more to share perspectives and tackle some of the biggest challenges impacting students today. Our Summit convenes annually to support a growing community of people whose shared goals are to ensure …
OneGoal Massachusetts Partnership Summit 2022: Navigating Our New Reality Read More »
We know that successful student transitions are always top of mind for education professionals, and even more so after the past two years. Students are struggling with transitioning to new levels, schools, and peer groups. You can help your team navigate the turbulence of the “new norm” and come out the other side all the …
Successful Transitions: Guiding Students from Kindergarten to College and Beyond Read More »
Join Discovery Education for an evening of inspiration with your community of educators to hear how they use Discovery Education’s compelling content to engage students in authentic and diverse ways. Hear from the DE Team on new and exciting content and features and learn from each other on favorite ways to use DE in the …
DEN VirtCon Engaging & Inspiring Learning Everyday Read More »
William Peters, founder of Sharing Crossing Project and author of At Heaven’s Door, will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 13th with special guest Dr. Martha Jo Atkins – End of Life Counselor, Teacher and FilmMaker. This free webinar is an introduction to how to experience a shared crossing – a beautiful experience …
Finding the Pathway Home: An Introduction to the Methods that Enable a Shared Crossing Read More »
The Opportunity Network invites you to reimagine how we can prioritize the emotional and mental well-being of the communities we support, especially young people from historically and systematically marginalized communities. Together, we’ll explore practices that center self-care and community care across group settings, 1:1 advising sessions, and as stand-alone resources. Please join us for a …
Let’s Talk About It: Coming Together for Youth Mental Health Read More »
Traditional ecological knowledge and place-based observations are equal tools with “western” science in increasing climate awareness. Join UW-Extension educator Cathy Techtmann as we learn how to weave together these “ways of knowing” and build more culturally relevant climate education in the cultures and locations you serve, while reconsidering climate action based on respect and reciprocity. …
The story of a proud daughter of immigrant parents, growing up and performing in her family’s renowned Polynesian nightclub, and the legacy of her family’s many contributions to the American cultural and international scientific landscape – from moo shu pork to NASA’s “vomit comet.” Initially intending to document her family’s remarkable journey as immigrants in …
Dancing in Their Light: A Daughter’s Unfinished Memoir Read More »
Offered in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian– New York, our popular Native New York course is once again online! Join us to explore our new lineup of incredible speakers and thought-provoking workshops. This course is also open to all—even if you aren’t taking it for P Credit! For more information …
Native New York: American Indians and Dutch New Amsterdam Read More »
The most recent NAEP report shows a continuing downward trend in reading scores for young students. Leading education company Imagine Learning is using voice technology to give students more instruction time and stem the decline in reading scores nationally. Between January and May this year, Imagine Learning undertook an extensive pilot with SoapBox Fluency. Join …
More fluency in less time: Imagine Learning’s pilot with our voice technology Read More »
Angel Island in San Francisco Bay is a crucial spot marking the history of exclusionary, race-based immigration policy. Its immigration station has sometimes been called “the Ellis Island of the West.” But Angel Island was an ambivalent gateway, a place of incarceration and exclusion for migrants as well as an entry for half a million …
PREVENTING ERASURE: HOW THE ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION WAS SAVED Read More »
Misa Murohashi (former NAP general manager), Tomio Moriguchi (NAP, Inc. CEO and publisher), and David Yamaguchi (NAP editor) discuss their experience and roles at Seattle’s oldest, minority-owned publishing company serving the Japanese and Japanese American (JA) community since 1902. Dedicated to preserving the impact and legacy of this community, The North American Post highlights …
How can AAPI-serving media support and connect both new arrivals and longstanding Indigenous and Asian American news audiences in the face of rampant online disinformation, political polarization, ongoing anti-Asian violence, and more? This town hall will engage thought leaders and Asian media journalists in a reflection on the history of Asian and AAPI-serving media in …
Ava Chin will address the challenges faced in writing her forthcoming memoir, The Way to Mott Street – challenges which included the impact of the Chinese Exclusion laws on four generations of her family in NYC’s Chinatown, and the task of how to thread a narrative together where the historical scope includes many eras and …
More than 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 unleashed a similar furor. It was the first time in history that civilization’s most feared disease — the infamous Black Death — …
Are you curious about finding out about your ancestors but don’t know where to begin? Does the cost of genealogy databases scare you away from joining millions of researchers in America’s most favorite hobby? Join us to learn the basics of Ellis Island genealogy and take advantage of world-class research tools at no cost to …
Have you ever wondered how scientists use DNA to solve some of the world’s toughest problems? Find out how to use data from DNA to fight diseases like coronavirus, combat hunger through agriculture innovations, and optimize the natural environment of sea dragons! Transport students to the Illumina labs in San Diego, California to meet real-world …
Genomics: Decoding the Language of Life Virtual Field Trip Read More »
Premier School Operations has created a networking group to support school operation professionals across the country! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals who have encountered similar tasks, challenges and wins! Feel free to join us on Thursday, December 15th where we will share knowledge, best practices and connect with like-minded professionals! RSVP today for …
A.Dudley Gardner PhD is a Professor Emeritus from Western Wyoming College. He has published several books and articles on Wyoming history and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Chinese in Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, and Montana. He is currently finishing up a book entitled Jade Snow: A History of the Chinese in Wyoming 1869-1937. As …
Prof. Mark T. Johnson has mined several large collections of primary documents left by Chinese pioneers, translated into English for the first time. These collections, spanning the 1880s-1950s, provide insight into the pressures the Chinese community faced—from family members back in China and from non-Chinese Montanans—as economic and cultural disturbances complicated acceptance of Chinese residents …
The Five Chinatowns: A Community History is a CHSSC research project that documents communities in Los Angeles that were central to the lives of Chinese American residents of the city during the period of Chinese American exclusion and restriction. David R. Chan dubbed these communities the “five Chinatowns” of Los Angeles. These communities emerged as …
Premier School Operations has created a networking group to support school operation professionals across the country! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals who have encountered similar tasks, challenges and wins! Feel free to join us on Thursday, November 17th where we will share knowledge, best practices and connect with like-minded professionals! RSVP today for …
Premier School Operations has created a networking group to support school operation professionals across the country! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals who have encountered similar tasks, challenges and wins! Feel free to join us on Thursday, September 15th where we will share knowledge, best practices and connect with like-minded professionals! RSVP today for …
Premier School Operations has created a networking group to support school operation professionals across the country! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals who have encountered similar tasks, challenges and wins! Feel free to join us on Thursday, October 20th where we will share knowledge, best practices and connect with like-minded professionals! RSVP today for …
Learn about common stressors in youth and ways to promote wellness as a parent. Presented by Cindy Huang, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University; and William Tsai, Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University.
Little has been written about Chinese immigrants who have achieved the American immigrants’ dream of economic stability, a leadership role in the community, recognition by fellow Americans, a wife and family, and achievements by the second and later generations. These men fulfilled their American immigrant dream and only recently have been recognized for their achievements …
WE ARE ONE was the rallying cry during the brief and successful strike in the summer of 1982 when 20,000 Chinese immigrant members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) stood together for their union contract. Two major rallies in Columbus Park in Chinatown resulted in a successful settlement of the contract. …
Meet Dr. Kem, Chalkbeat’s first advice columnist, as she shares her strategies for a successful back-to-school season. Chalkbeat’s new advice column, After the Bell, was conceived as a refuge for busy teachers. We heard your calls for validation, support, and actionable advice. We launched this column as a space to share your teaching joys, frustrations, wins, …
Peter and Wendy Horikoshi perform music from the Asian American movement of the 1970’s to the present.
Did you know that at one point, Japanese dairy farmers supplied Seattle with as much as 50% of all its dairy? How about a beloved local delicacy — a cultivated strawberry variety preserved and shared with the world through Japanese farming techniques? Farming has and continues to serve as a vital facet of the Pacific …
President’s Advisory Commission on AAPI to meet to discuss full and draft recommendations by the Commission’s Subcommittees. These Subcommittees are: Belonging, Inclusion, Anti-Asian Hate, Anti-Discrimination; Data Disaggregation; Language Access; Economic Equity; Health Equity; and Immigration and Citizenship Status. The meeting is open to the public.
Celebrate the release of the award-winning biography of civil rights leader, Sei Fujii, with a special 10th anniversary screening of the short film Lil Tokyo Reporter and a discussion around the biography. The conversation will include filmmaker and publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin and Academy Award–winner Chris Tashima, with additional guests to be announced. A Rebel’s …
The Center on Culture, Race & Equity (CCRE) at Bank Street College invites schools, districts, and community organizations to apply by August 12 to the CCRE Collective, an online cohort opportunity that allows teams to learn what it takes to build equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive environments. Now in its second year, the CCRE Collective …
Apply to Join Bank Street CCRE Collective Online Cohort Program Grounded in Equity Read More »
Come together July 27–28 for the Smithsonian National Education Summit! You’ll hear from museum experts and teacher practitioners in 30+ free online and in-person skill-building workshops across subject areas, and leave with a toolbox full of classroom-ready ideas. Registration is now available.
This fall, changes are coming to New York City classrooms. Education department officials say they will require all elementary schools to adopt a phonics-based reading program — a potentially seismic shift in how tens of thousands of public school students are taught to read. Before the coronavirus hit, less than half of the city’s students …
NYC is promising to overhaul literacy in NYC schools. What will it take? Read More »
Founded in 1923 by Dr. Charles R. Shepard, Chung Mei was a home for abandoned Chinese boys in San Francisco’s Chinatown. “No other orphanage would take in children of color or Asiatic races.” Ming Quong was home to neglected or abandoned Asian girls. Alumni from both homes will reminisce about their experiences growing up in their …
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers, meet community leaders, and help the children, families, and businesses in your local community thrive! Register now to attend the fifth annual Thriving Children, Families, and Communities Conference on Monday, Sept. 19 in Kearney, Neb., with community leaders and elected officials from education, economic development, child care, business, government, health care, …
2022 Thriving Children, Families, and Communities Conference Read More »
The Wing Luke Museum continues an exploration of regional history and colonialism with personal stories from the early AANHPI communities – panelists who trace their ancestry back to the 1800s and early 1900s – on the theme “why we are here.” Through these personal narratives, we can better understand both the contributions of AANHPI labor …
Seattle – understanding history, why we are here Read More »
On July 28th at 4:00 PM ET, join Healing Schools Project and The Teacher Sanctuary for a virtual retreat. Be part of a space where you are heard, valued and cared for. Let’s acknowledge your needs as an educator to reflect and process what you need now, to prepare for what you may need later. …
A Summer of Healing: Reflect on the School Year in Community Read More »
Each month the Chinese American Museum, along with our partners at the LAPL Chinatown Branch, hosts 1-2 virtual story time programs! Register for one or all!
This event combines documentary clips and open discussion about personal search, discovering heritage, and establishing place for Chinese Americans in a segregated nation.
How do you help new Teachers Walk to Run without alienating returning teachers who have heard it all before? In this Webinar, Teryn Thomas, the former Chief of Teaching and Learning at Freire Schools, shows how to build coherence in coaching and professional learning spaces to differentiate PD for diverse educators in an equitable and …
Train to Retain: Simplifying Differentiated Professional Learning Read More »
A free, online workshop for teachers and life-long learners -The Making of Asian Americans. -Mapping Asian American Identify. -Asian American Legal Cases that Shaped Civil Rights for All.
The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who argued that certain nationalities were inherently inferior, providing the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history. Brandished by the upper class Bostonians and New Yorkers–many of them progressives–who led the anti-immigration movement, the eugenic arguments helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, …
This conversation will center on the biography and portraits and of the pioneering Japanese American swim coach Soichi Sakamoto. During the Great Depression, Sakamoto established the Three-Year Swim Club for children on Maui’s sugar plantations, with the goal of transforming a multiethnic youth group into Olympic-level swimmers in an unprecedented amount of time. Sakamoto’s training …
In July 2022, the Seattle Japanese Language School (SJLS) celebrated its 120th anniversary! Formerly known as Kokugo Gakkō, the school was originally founded as a way for Nisei children of Issei immigrants to learn about Japanese language and culture. At this event, we’ll explore the storied legacy of the language school through historic photographs and …
120 Years of the Seattle Japanese Language School Read More »
This summer intensive is designed to grow practitioners’ capacities to equitably serve and advocate for culturally + linguistically dynamic clients and communities. Stakeholders in social good at any level of experience/expertise are welcome. Highlighted service areas include: Multilingual + CLDE places of learning Resettlement + foster agencies/individuals Non-profit service spaces Health care organizations Business workplaces …
Supporting New Americans through Welcoming, Transition, and Integration Read More »
Join Alison Griffin with Whiteboard Advisors on Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00pm ET | 12:00pm MT for a discussion with Michael B. Horn, author of From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)Creating School for Every Child. In From Reopen to Reinvent, distinguished education strategist Michael B. Horn delivers a provocative and eye-opening call to action for the overthrow of …
A series of three virtual presentations on three 19th-century Free Black communities in the New York region, these presentations accompany the excavation of archaeological sites located on the grounds of the Meeting House from July 25 to August 3. These sites of former buildings in Rye, New York were once owned by William Voris, an …
Have you been collecting the names of your ancestors and looking for a family tree program? Doug shares the why and how he uses webtrees – an open-source online genealogy program that is not only private and can also work with Chinese characters. We will also announce the launch of the family tree portal exclusively …
As recently as 1940, contact lenses did not exist for Americans. Invisible Vision is the hidden story of the man who brought them into existence, trained doctors and opticians to fit them, and developed the country’s largest contact lens manufacturing company that started the industry. Despite these accomplishments, few people know his name or background. …
It has been 40 years since Vincent Chin’s tragic murder. To commemorate this somber milestone, NextShark will be hosting a series of virtual conversations with key players who made the Vincent Chin case such a pivotal and historic landmark movement.
As Vincent’s mother Lily said on national television, “Our skin color may be different, but our blood is the same.” The Chin Estate, ACJ, and the Planning Committee believe that Vincent Chin’s legacy will continue to advance the ideals of equal justice; solidarity against racism and hate that Lily Chin courageously stood for; and respect …
MORE THAN 100 YEARS BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SHUT DOWN THE WORLD AND SET OFF A WAVE OF FEAR AND ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT, AN OUTBREAK OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO’S CHINATOWN IN 1900 UNLEASHED A SIMILAR FUROR. Conversation with Li-Shin Yu to discuss her new film Plague at the Golden Gate, and cyclical histories between …
Author Dr. Russell Low on how the early Chinese American Experience shaped the “greatest generation” during WWII.
It’s time to take action. . . . again. Last summer, teachers rallied across the country at historic sites to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. These actions, on June 12 and in August of 2021, have been the only national protests of this dangerous …
#TeachTruth Days of Action (June 11 – June 12, 2022) Read More »
In June, SoapBox Labs is releasing a set of new off-the-shelf features to accurately power phonological awareness and phonics in PreK-3 instruction and assessment activities. Join us on June 16 to learn more about these first-of-their-kind features for early literacy and to see demos of how education companies will use them to support teachers and …
From 1910 to 1940, a section of Angel Island (in the San Francisco Bay) was also used to process, interrogate, and detain over 500,000 immigrants who came from 80 different countries. Often referred to as the “Ellis Island of the West”, the former U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island reminds us of a darker chapter …
Virtual Tour Of Angel Island Immigration Station Read More »
Ona “Oney” Judge Staines (c. 1773 – February 25, 1848) was a woman of mixed races who was enslaved to the Washington family, first at the family’s plantation at Mount Vernon and later, after George Washington became president, at the President’s House in Philadelphia, then the nation’s capital city. At the age of 23, she …
Ona Judge and Her Escape from George & Martha Washington Read More »
Premieres Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, June 1 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Over 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in …
Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab)—an initiative of Bank Street Graduate School of Education and Learning Policy Institute—will bring together voices in the field of education to explore what early career teachers need right now to enact equity-focused, deeper learning practices and the critical role the science of learning and development should play in designing preparation programs …
Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab) Panel Discussion & Fireside Chat Read More »
Mental health is a topic that has threaded throughout Chalkbeat’s journalism with particular intensity since COVID started. In response to this national need for more discussion around mental health, Chalkbeat and College Track will host student panelists from across the country in conversation with Blair Imani to share their experiences with mental health and wellness over the …
COVID and mental health: What our schools need next Read More »
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with two outstanding Asian American Trailblazers and Bestselling authors.
The Trane Technologies Sustainable Futures Virtual Field Trip with Discovery Education will challenge students to explore the possibilities of a sustainable future, and inspire them to think big about how companies and individuals – including them – can challenge what is possible. Students will be transported onto Trane Technologies’ campuses where they’ll meet diverse and …
Join Dana Ponsky, NYC Admissions Solutions Senior College Admissions Counselor and Imani Callan, Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Miami as they discuss the selective college admissions process and tips to create an effective, purposeful, and authentic college application. Imani Callan is Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission at the University of Miami and …
In 2021, the Federal government distributed $122 billion to State Education Agencies and Local Education Agencies through ARP ESSER. Districts and schools can tap into this funding to supplement their ongoing revenue and support a variety of students’ academic, social, and emotional needs in the wake of COVID-19. As we emerge from the pandemic, one …
ESSER III Funding and Beyond for Career Exploration in K-12 Classrooms Read More »
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th U.S. president from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. …
The Lincoln Memorial – 100th Anniversary Livestream Read More »
Did you know an estimated 10-40% of high school students who intend to enroll in college the following fall never actually do so? Students most underrepresented on college campuses (e.g., students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, and first-generation students) are the most susceptible to the pitfalls of the phenomenon known as “summer melt.” With …
Please join us for a conversation with Stuart Eizenstat, who has had an extraordinary career of public service serving five US presidents in top policy positions. As Special Emissary on Holocaust-Era Issues to President Clinton and again in the Obama administration, he successfully negotiated major agreements with the Swiss, German, Austrian and French, and other …
Imperfect Justice: The Quest for Holocaust Restitution Read More »
Donaldina Cameron opened the Ming Quong Home in Los Gatos in 1936, at a time when few if any places provided services for Asian orphans. “(It’s) an example of an early organization that really left a very significant mark,” said historian Amy Long. In the ensuing decades, the home welcomed thousands of Asian children through …