With the right strategies, teachers can help students understand mathematical language to clearly and concisely explain how they worked out a math equation.
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Actionable Strategies to Eliminate School Discipline Inequities
The process of reshaping discipline in schools is a holistic one, requiring everyone to make the effort to reduce disparities.
Social-Emotional Learning, Anti-Racist Arts Strategies at Core of Wisconsin Arts Integration Symposium
The 2021 Wisconsin Arts Integration Symposium offers a way for educators to refresh and refocus in the spring semester.
Play Make Learn Competition Winners Pair Gaming With the Classroom
Play Make Learn had its first ever learning game competition with the winners announced during the conference on August 13, 2020.
Real Talk for Real Change Symposia Series Starts Strong with “Leading Antiracist School Communities”
Systemic oppression and inequality have been baked into many facets of American society, including education. A recent PLACE event, the first installment of the Real Talk for Real Change symposia series, dove into the subject of leading antiracist school communities.
New Course on Social-Emotional Learning Coming to PLACE
PLACE Arts Director Dr. Yorel Lashley is currently developing a new online course on social-emotional learning for K-12 and community educators that features UW–Madison School of Education faculty expertise and experience.
Feminist Fireside Chats Highlight Inequity in Education, Forge a Path Forward
[Scroll to the bottom to check out the videos of each Feminist Fireside Chat as they are uploaded.] Cool women, hot topics. It’s a cool tagline. But the University of Wisconsin–Madison Feminist Fireside Chats hosted …
PLACE Online Summer Camps Let Youth Write Their Own Stories
There is still time to register for three different camps!
Zaretta Hammond Speaks on Distance Learning and Equity
Zaretta Hammond is a “former writing teacher turned equity freedom fighter.” On May 11, Hammond joined an online session of Courageous Coaching Conversations, a weekly gathering of instructional coaches and school leaders produced by PLACE, …
Improve Your Coaching Skills Through Student-Centered Instructional Coaching
Since 2015, the Student-Centered Instructional Coaching Certificate Program has been working with educators around the world to build their capacity as instructional leaders. Offered through PLACE, the program was originally developed in conjunction with author …