Our Name is inspired by the Critical Multiculturalist Henry Giroux, who said, “Schools (should) become places where students and teachers can become border crossers engaged in critical and ethical reflection about what it means to bring a wider variety of cultures into dialogue with each other.” Border [...]
Empowered By Play
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:44-05:00Empowered By Play Mission: To help families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in this way-too busy, media-filled, consumer-driven world. Empowered by Play was founded in 2009 by teacher-turned-activist Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, M.Ed. An early childhood educator for 25 years, she is also a mother of [...]
Education News Today
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:44-05:00Education News Today is a Global Leading News Source covering educational, political, business, and environmental issues. Since 1997 EducationNews has provided the latest daily EducationNews coverage from world-wide sources. In addition to the U. S. and world media publications, commentaries and reports are featured and include comprehensive [...]
PDK International; Phi Delta Kappa International
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:44-05:00PDK International, publisher of Kappa magazine, is a professional association for educators that brings together the top leaders, thinkers, and doers to collaborate and inspire one another. By providing professional learning opportunities, targeted networking, and relevant research, PDK helps researchers and practitioners deepen their expertise, elevate their [...]
Rethinking Schools
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:45-05:00About Rethinking Schools In 1986, a group of Milwaukee-area teachers had a vision. They wanted not only to improve education in their own classrooms and schools, but to help shape reform throughout the public school system in the United States. Today that vision is embodied in Rethinking [...]
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:45-05:00About Us; The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Learn all about CCFC! Visit About CCFC for our mission statement and how Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood works to reclaim childhood from corporate marketers. For a description of major CCFC successes and a history of the organization, visit [...]
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:45-05:00Annenberg Institute for School Reform is a national policy research and reform-support organization that works with urban districts and communities to improve the conditions and outcomes of schools, especially in urban communities and in those attended by traditionally underserved children. AISR pursues its work through three circles: [...]
César E. Chávez Institute (CCI)
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:45-05:00César E. Chávez Institute (CCI) Research and Action (CCI) faculty and staff engage in studies that include factors of resiliency and strength, as well as processes that empower communities in their struggles for equality and self-determination. CCI aims to bridge academic research and the practice of community [...]
Uniting4Kids
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:45-05:00Uniting4Kids is a catalyst for coordinating the capabilities and resources of teachers, parents and students to inspire the highest levels of intellectual thought, freedom, and equity in education. We represent a more holistic and inclusive approach to learning, one that respects the rights of communities, honors children, [...]