One Learning for Justice staffer reflects on the harm she experienced when her educators ignored Black History Month—and calls on all educators to uplift the value in Black history all year.
Racism, white privilege and white supremacy are challenges that people of color neither created nor should be expected to resolve. This scholar encourages white allies to step up.
Paige S. Lindell makes art with K–8 students at the Winchester School in Winchester, New Hampshire. As an artist and teacher, Paige believes that empathy and responsibility for the world begin with careful and loving observation. Paige is committed to transforming art education to become more environmentally responsible. She has worked in classrooms in California, Louisiana and New Hampshire. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
As the instructor of Human Relations and South Dakota Indian Studies classes, I am beaming with pride that our university students choose to tutor K-12 American Indian students. Not only do the pre-service teacher education majors gain valuable experiences with one-on-one tutoring, but as an added benefit, the academic achievement of the K-12 students is improving.
Every student teaches you something, and this educator will never forget the powerful lesson one student taught him about the diverse ways students can show their learning.