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Shinae Park, Ph.D.

Shinae Park teaches physics and engineering at The Lawrenceville School, an independent high school in New Jersey. In her work as a mentor teacher, she explores school culture and pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning with new educators. She is passionate about fostering equity and belonging in the science classroom and serves as an editor of the Underrepresentation Curriculum. Shinae is a graduate of UC Berkeley and holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University.

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Issue 41, Spring 2012

Possession Obsession

Almost one-third of teen relationships involve abuse. Help students learn to avoid—or break free from—unhealthy entanglements.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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January 25, 2017

Teaching the Unteachable

How do you teach current events in a highly politicized climate in which facts have alternate versions and newspaper editors have worn out the thesaurus looking up synonyms for lie?

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February 13, 2017

How ‘Homegoing’ Has Changed My Teaching

After reading Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, this teacher is doubling down on his efforts to root the study of literature and written expression in an emancipatory impulse.

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Class Rights & Activism

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September 12, 2016

Teaching the Election Doesn’t Require Neutrality

This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.

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November 3, 2016

Being a Good Sport When the Race Is Rigged

After hearing talk of the presidential election being rigged, this teacher, swim coach and TT Award winner began reflecting on a race that actually is rigged—the one his students face every day.

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Class

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Issue 48, Fall 2014