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What I Can Teach You About Racism by Carol Swain Let me tell you how my story ends: I become a tenured, award-winning professor of political science at an Ivy League university, and then at one [...]

Why I don’t teach to cancel culture April 12, 2021 by Suki, Teacher, Athena’s Academy, and Writer, Chatoyant I get lots of requests from parents regarding their students. I am used to [...]

Using literature and current events to teach Social Justice issues by Rachel Sattinger, a 4th-grade teacher at Gateway School As a white, financially stable, woman teaching in a local independent [...]

Faris Sabbah   County Superintendent of Schools December 29, 2020 I am writing regarding an article published by the Santa Cruz Sentinel on December 28, 2020 that did not clarify that plans to [...]

Teaching and Learning in the time of COVID-19 By Patricia Lucas, Spanish teacher at Gateway School As a teacher of over forty years, I felt I had “seen it all” — every educational trend, [...]

This blog post was originally posted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). Read the full interview and learn more about the museum’s newly launched downloadable lesson plans [...]

Poetry, Art and Monsters, Oh Yes! Integrating seasonal elements – with generous measures of creativity and imagination – into first grade curriculum  One delightful, learning-filled way to spark [...]

Playing The Violin Increases Academic Performance by David Zimbalist As a Violin teacher specializing in young beginners, I have seen first hand the difference music can make in a child’s life. [...]

Independent Study programs In or Serving Santa Cruz County For those of you who are considering not sending your kids back to class days in August, here is a list of the independent study [...]