August 2020 (31 Articles)
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Schools Have Failed Children of Color During the Pandemic
Speaking at TCâs orientation for new students, alumnus and former Education Secretary John King decries the lack of an overarching strategy
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Sharing Perspectives on Inequity
Five TC faculty experts discuss ways to eradicate âdisparities that disproportionately affect so manyâ
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New Student Orientation 2020
A comprehensive virtual experience will include a special welcome program featuring TC faculty and alumni experts in a community discussion on inequality
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Repurposing Stethoscopes to Help Speech Pathologists Navigate Social Distance
Aided by TCâs Cate Crowley, a Nigerian surgeon overcomes one of the fieldâs biggest challenges
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Now is the Time to Fix School Inequity with Funding
Escalating costs and dwindling budgets will hurt Black and Brown students the most, writes TCâs Michael Rebell in the New York Daily News.
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Educating the Public to Make Informed Decisions ¶¶Òőapp COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
A new study led by TCâs Charles Basch highlights the need for better videos that attract lay viewers
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Hidden Figure
The late TC alumna Eileen Glover Whitlock was a Black, single mom who didnât brag about her job
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Why School Integration Has Failed
TCâs Sonya Douglass Horsford adds her voice to a New York Times roundtable
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Amid COVID and Racial Injustice, Teachers Matter More than Ever
They anchor young people and create safe spaces in times of crisis
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The Arts and Re-Envisioning COVID-Era Schools
Using the arts to re-imagine education as distinct from schooling
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Emergency Medicine Doctor Dimitri Papanagnou Uses Adult Learning to Combat the Uncertainty in His Field
His Rx: A curriculum to help students and practitioners cope with the element of surprise
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How the Left Can Use Diversity to Cancel âCancel Cultureâ
In The Hill, Peter Coleman argues for a bigger tent among progressives
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Marie L. Miville is named TCâs Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
A multiculturalist with an openness to diverse contributions, she is tasked with fostering a climate in which all faculty can thrive
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Removing Racial Bias
It starts with rewriting biased histories, Christopher Emdin tells NBC
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Providing Career Development for Alumni
TC Next is teaming up with TCâs Office of Alumni Relations to help graduates, too
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âCareer Servicesâ Gets a Makeover
Earning an advanced degree is tough. Earning a living is tougher. An office called TC NEXT is changing how graduate schools offer help
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Déjà Vu in the Balkans?
American moves in Kosovo help Putin and threaten the region and beyond, warns TCâs Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
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Making School a Lifeline
Principal Crystal Jones has concentrated on making her Atlanta public school âthe one place thatâs consistentâ for children and families
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Preserving the Human Interaction
As Chicagoâs schools operate online, Principal Joshua Long is providing his special-needs students with one-on-one attention
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Leadership in Crisis
Four ¶¶Òőapp experts weigh the challenges of the coming school year
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Speaking Up
She lived in a country silenced by oppression. Now Erika Levy helps kids with speech disorders use âa big mouth and strong voiceâ â an approach that shapes her online teaching.
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Helping Students Model Their Own Theories
With a $2 million NSF grant, TCâs Paulo Blikstein hopes to turn kids into investigators
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âThe Ultimate Adaptive Challengeâ
To reopen or not reopen? And how? Four TC community members who are school leaders discuss making life-or-death choices with no right answers
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âIn the Worst of Times, the Best of Peopleâ
As Syosset, New Yorkâs schools grapple with uncertainty and other challenges, Superintendent Tom Rogers is heartened by his communityâs spirit
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Leading Essential Workers in âAn Impossible Situationâ
Elizabeth Bonesteel, Superintendent of Vermontâs Montpelier-Roxbury schools believes too much is being asked of educators
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First Things First
In Malverne, New York, new Superintendent Lorna Lewis is focused on health and wellbeing
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Dialogue, Knowledge, Flexibility
Those are Bronx Collaborative High School Principal Brett Schneiderâs watchwords for reopening this fall