Teachers at the Acorn Center for Early Education and Care in Boston’s Chinatown use a curriculum that teaches students how to manage big feelings especially pandemic-related ones which families have recognized as a growing need.
The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on Asian American communities across the United States. In addition to learning loss and social-emotional challenges for children in schools, families faced a rise in racist hate crimes and economic insecurity. In the second part of a series about an organization in Boston's Chinatown addressing the needs of immigrant families, reporter Heidi
Children all over the world struggled with learning and developing social skills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian American communities were also hit with economic challenges, as well as a rise in hate crimes directed at them. One preschool in Boston's Chinatown has developed a program specifically to help children develop social skills in a culturally relevant way. Heidi
A panel of education leaders discussed strategies to combat racism in school classrooms during a Harvard Graduate School of Education webinar Wednesday.
The webinar, part of the Education Now webinar series HGSE launched last year, was hosted by HGSE Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Tracie D. Jones. The panel included J. Malcolm Cawthorne, a Brookline High School teacher; Jennifer P. Cheatham, a senior lecturer at HGSE and former teacher and administrator; and Heidi Shin, a journalist and radio producer. The speakers discussed the flaws of school systems’ current approach to racism between students and how to address those shortcomings.