Tag Archives: experiential learning

Summer Camps:  Experiential Learning and Lifelong Lessons

Sometimes I wonder why my passions and interests have coalesced around diversity, race, and respect.  All I have to do is look back at how I spent my summers as a child.  First, let me say that I grew up … Continue reading

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Childhood Bias, Learning, and “Jimmys”

Rebecca Dore, lead investigator of a recent University of Virginia study on biases among children, argues that adults need to address this issue early and I might add, often.  But how? A few years ago, I asked my youngest daughter … Continue reading

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Teachers, Race, and Homework

Before teachers attempt to carry on conversations about race, they need to work on themselves. What that entails varies from teacher to teacher. Recently, a prominent educational innovator has recommended that the lingering and persistent achievement gap among Black, White, … Continue reading

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