Dean Kathy Schultz

Welcome to Voices, volume 3

Embracing change: A welcome from the dean Over the past year, we have experienced uncertain and challenging times. Yet, this unusual year has taught us about what matters most鈥攐ur time spent with loved ones, our health and well-being, our commitment to addressing deep inequities in educational opportunities exacerbated by the...

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Puppy love matching quiz

Meet the stress relief squad One thing we have learned in quarantine and during tough times is that our canine companions are an important part of our stress relief. In this light-hearted matching quiz, we feature the pups supporting some of the faculty in the 蜜糖直播 Boulder School of Education...

Dan Liston

Teaching others and ourselves

When we teach, we are in relationship with our students. It may be as 鈥渟imple鈥 as relating knowledge, skills and academic understandings. It may include basic or rich understandings of the students we teach鈥攖heir proclivities and their dreams. And it can take the form of exploring, with our students, a...

Kalonji Nzinga

Poetic justice

Kalonji Nzinga鈥檚 work explores hip-hop's role in youth learning, activism For Kalonji Nzinga, listening to youth share their experiences with hip-hop is music to his ears. When legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur sings, 鈥淚 wonder if heaven has a ghetto,鈥 Nzinga wonders how the powerful prose helps young listeners learn...

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Police-free schools, explained

The police-free schools movement has gained recent traction from coast to coast. Under direct pressure from organizing groups and a civically engaged public mobilized by state violence against Black men, women and children, school districts are reducing or eliminating contracts with police, specifically school resource officers (SROs). If you鈥檙e unfamiliar...

Oakland international

The call for community schools

Blurring the lines between supportive schools and thriving communities As a teenager walking the halls of her suburban, middle-class high school, Julia Daniel witnessed injustices and unequal access to educational programs despite her school鈥檚 outstanding college-readiness reputation. 鈥淭here was an emphasis on critical thinking and a lot of opportunities for...

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