by Susan Santone | Nov 14, 2016 | Curriculum, Diversity, News, Teacher Education
Just three days after the presidential election, with raw nerves and a lingering feeling of aftershock, I gave a presentation at the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) national conference in Cleveland. My presentation partner, Dr. Shari Saunders...
by Susan Santone | Oct 21, 2016 | Curriculum, Diversity, News, public education, Sustainability
Students of Detroit Community Schools in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood were faced with a challenge. All across the city, as well as in their own neighborhoods, the water was getting shut off – leaving residents to collect rain water from roofs using...
by Susan Santone | Sep 16, 2016 | Curriculum, equity, Next Generation Science Standards
The bell rings, and thirty-three 9th-graders in a high-poverty urban high school slump into their seats. Time for biology class. Some lay their heads down, some are agitated, some talk with their friends–but not about DNA, this week’s focus from the Next...
by Susan Santone | Sep 2, 2016 | Curriculum, Diversity, equity, Uncategorized
Science educators across the country are rolling out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and equity is top on their minds. The teachers and administrators we work with ask us one thing: How can we make these standards relevant in ways that engage...
by Susan Santone | Apr 11, 2016 | 21st Century Learning, Curriculum, Economics, Teacher Education
Crime is good. So are accidents, lawsuits, illness and divorce. Sound crazy? This is the logic of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—and the message kids are getting from most economics curriculum. The GDP is the total market value of goods and services produced and...
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