Gifted Jaguars and Eagles

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/a-crooked-seat-at-the-table-black-and-alone-in-an-honors-class?utm_source=tt64-magazine&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=first-bell A Crooked Seat at the Table: Black and Alone in an Honors Class Educator Kiara Lee-Heart was often the only Black student in her high school honors classes. Here’s what she wishes her teachers—and all educators—knew about that experience. DR. KIARA LEE-HEART OCTOBER 1, 2019 It was Shirley Chisolm who said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”  So, let’s say you bring one. The chair brings you closer to the table, but its legs are wobbly and it lacks the support you need to survive and thrive. Your posture is compromised.  It’s the price Black students often pay for a seat at the table, for access to opportunity, particularly when they are the only Black student in their honors class. Picture it: You’re in a class that will challenge your mind, expand y...

"The study, published Sept. 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that, though students felt as if they learned more through traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in classrooms that employed so-called active-learning strategies. Lead author Louis Deslauriers, the director of science teaching and learning and senior physics preceptor, knew that students would learn more from active learning. He published a key study in Science in 2011 that showed just that. But many students and faculty remained hesitant to switch to it." Read more here: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/study-shows-that-students-learn-more-when-taking-part-in-classrooms-that-employ-active-learning-strategies/

I gave a 3 hour session for teachers yesterday at KHS on  Culturally Responsive Teaching & Bloom’s Taxonomy . I really enjoyed the conversations we had together with staff from Oak Grove Middle, Olson Middle, JHS and KHS about how to increase the amount of culturally responsive teaching in our classrooms and how to do it in a way that helps our kids carry more of the cognitive load and to be less dependent learners. x