Monday Musings from The Kravis Center Monday, October 29, 2018 Dear Colleagues,
Spending time in a library at any age is a true privilege, so I share this NY Times article: 12 authors write about the libraries they love because it reminds us all what we truly love about libraries.
Student Success/Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Perils of the Child Perfectionist
Vulnerability
Diversity and Inclusion
-Blackface: A Cultural History of a Racist Art Form is a short video that CBS did in response to Megyn Kelly's controversial remarks on blackface.
-Here's a great set of resources via Facing History that respond to all three hateful events across America last week.
Here is the Teaching Tolerance link provides a great list of resources for these challenging times.
Five Ways to Make Classrooms More Inclusive
Class Observation
Teachers Observing Teachers: A Professional Development Tool for Every School.
I have included this article by Atul Gawande of The New Yorker entitled Curiosity and the Prisoner because, although he focuses on his experience as a surgeon, the idea of curiosity rings true for all of us, especially in education and especially as we head into Open Classroom Week.
Here is the Open Classroom Week google doc. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask Harrison, Rachel or me.
Curriculum and Pedagogy
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