amenic181 / iStock
Each year as the weather warms and the school year ends, the stack of books on my bedside table gets taller. This year, my book list wrestles with many of the looming issues exacerbated or illuminated by Covid-19, including racial equity, the ways schools adapt to change, and how we care for our communities and ourselves in the toughest of times.
The Teaching Profession
If you’re looking for a hopeful peek into the ways that immense public and administrative trust can lead to excellent schools, reach for
In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools (2021). The book combines the perspectives of Finnish education expert Pasi Sahlberg and Timothy Walker, an American educator who moved to Finland with his family to live and teach.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As we power through this pandemic, mental health takes on an added urgency because of the emotional, educational and economic challenges people have faced or are facing.
Fortunately, virtual gatherings allow us to access expertise without leaving our homes. Valley Oaks Health is hosting a âCOVID, Suicide and Depressionâ webinar on May 11 at 10 a.m.; it is open to the entire state as part of the organizationâs three-part COVID Care webinar series.
Tuesdayâs webinar will focus on how trends in suicidality have changed during the pandemic. Other topics will include understanding how the pandemic is affecting peopleâs mental health and screening for suicide while maintaining social distance.
A Search For Common Ground: A Worthwhile Conversation About Education forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Explore the universe with graphic novelist/astrophysicist at Fermilab lecture March 26 Dr. Clifford V. Johnson, University of Southern California
Posted3/12/2021 11:44 AM
Fermilab Art & Lecture At Home series, When Art & Science Collide continues with a Graphic Talk About the Universe at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 (CST), with Dr. Clifford Johnson, University of Southern California. Registration is required at events.fnal.gov/arts-lecture-series/. There is a $4 access fee.
Johnson is a theoretical physicist passionate about sharing science with the public. He wanted to write a book about physics to a lay audience, but he felt that words on a printed page did not fully convey the dynamic, collaborative nature of fundamental research.
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.
As a New York mom of two kids who attend public schools, the past 12 months of remote schooling has been anything but smooth. Whether I’m procuring a picture book for my 7-year-old so he ll better understand Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy or explaining how to group polynomial algebraic expressions to my 9th grader for his online math homework, I m doing a tricky balancing act. “You have no idea how to do algebra,” he said to me, with his teenage sneer, on more than one occasion. Guilty as charged.