Gender + Sexuality
What More Could Sally Ride’s School Have Done to Prepare Her to be an Astronaut?
What More Could Sally Ride’s School Have Done to Prepare Her to be an Astronaut?
Listen to this 1983 interview with astronaut Sally Ride by Gloria Steinem. What stands out to me most is both…
Is Captain America a Woman? No. This Data Viz of 34,000 Comic Book Characters Shows Us Why That’s a Problem
Is Captain America a Woman? No. This Data Viz of 34,000 Comic Book Characters Shows Us Why That’s a Problem
Graphic novels and comic books are becoming increasingly popular in schools. New York City public schools even officially recommended Black Panther for…
How Women Took Over Education Administration
How Women Took Over Education Administration
All I’m going to say is the Nation at Risk report was published in 1983, triggering decades of aggressive reforms…
Women Scientists on the Rise in Children’s Drawings
Women Scientists on the Rise in Children’s Drawings
What children choose to draw, how they perceive the relationship between gender and possibility, is a powerful measure of our…
Shel Silverstein’s “simple secret of lasting love”
Shel Silverstein’s “simple secret of lasting love”
Love ain’t no missing piece to be found. I adored reading this book to my son when he was younger.…
Those Are Bullet Holes in the Children’s School
Those Are Bullet Holes in the Children’s School
This picture shows students in Iraq attending school, the bullet holes in the building a heartbreaking reminder of the risks…
Teacher Suspended for Giving Birth to Child! (In 1913, but Still.)
Teacher Suspended for Giving Birth to Child! (In 1913, but Still.)
Education is one of the fields that looks today a lot like it did a century ago. (Though, I will…
Eminem on Writing, Rhyming, and English Class
Eminem on Writing, Rhyming, and English Class
Whether his name makes you wince or smile, Eminem has established himself in hip-hop and pop culture by linguistically out…
Teach Like a Dancer
Teach Like a Dancer
Look at this image. The great choreographer Martha Graham leading a master class in dance. We might not all be dancers,…
When Disney Made a Film About Menstruation
When Disney Made a Film About Menstruation
An estimated 105 million students watched this 1946 film about menstruation. There’s so much one could say about this, but…
Don’t Be Unseemly, Ladies. Men, Court Away.
Don’t Be Unseemly, Ladies. Men, Court Away.
I had heard before about unbelievable rules for teachers back in the day. But I hadn’t seen them till now. (There’s…
A Timeline of Racial Injustice in Education
A Timeline of Racial Injustice in Education
This timeline from RaceForward does a solid job capturing some of the key moments in race and education in the…
NYC Students Tackle Gender…with Caitlyn Jenner
NYC Students Tackle Gender…with Caitlyn Jenner
Brooklyn high school students have unique opportunity to confront Caitlyn Jenner about the challenges youth face understanding gender, in their…
A School District’s Warning Against Homosexuality
A School District’s Warning Against Homosexuality
Narrated by a police officer, the film was produced as a collaboration between local law enforcement and Inglewood School District…