By Kate Humphrey What Is Pride? June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, dedicated to celebrating and honoring LGBTQ+ lives. Since the brave actions of Marsha P. Johnson that sparked the Stonewall Riots in 1969 and the gay rights movement in the … Continue reading
By Kate Humphrey Did you know that in 2019, 23.2 million Americans identified as Asian-American and in 2018, an estimated 1.6 million Americans cited Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage? With influential people such as Senator Tammy Duckworth, chef Roy … Continue reading
2020 brought the Black Lives Matter movement into the forefront of the public consciousness. This Black History Month, it’s critical to connect with students and talk with them about the importance of Black history and how past events have shaped … Continue reading
We know that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break are busy times for teachers, especially this year as schools navigate between in-person and remote learning. Hopefully, you find yourself with some well-deserved downtime during Winter Break and you can … Continue reading
By Kate Humphrey For the past seven years, the highlight of Educator’s Ally’s year has been our sponsorship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ People of Color Conference (PoCC). We could not be more excited to support, in our … Continue reading
By: Kate Humphrey Did you know that in 2019, 18% of the U.S. population identified as Hispanic? That is 60.6 million people! From former astronaut Ellen Ochoa to actor Desi Arnaz, to Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic … Continue reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty in everyone’s daily life, especially for our teachers and students. However, the good news is that hiring is still moving forward at many schools, albeit, virtually. We have been hearing from many of our … Continue reading
Social distancing. Flatten the curve. Remote learning. These phrases have quickly become part of our daily vocabulary in the last week as the country confronts the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been getting questions from candidates and school administrators alike about what … Continue reading
As the news about COVID-19 changes daily, our schools are put in a unique position about how to handle the uncertainty around absences, school closures, and remote learning. The last week has been full of faculty meetings to discuss contingency … Continue reading
In recent years, math instruction and curriculum has taken on a new, constructivist face. The teacher’s role in this model has shifted from the central possessor of knowledge to that of the facilitator of learning. Children from preschool through … Continue reading
