Laws Targeting Classroom Conversations About Race Hurt Students, Perpetuate Supremacy Culture
Earlier this week Texas Gov. Greg Abbott authorized a poorly conceived policy that will make it more difficult to address racism in public schools. The measure erroneously opposes the idea that racism exists within our institutions and systems, discourages student civic engagement and limits speech in Texas schools, and is a roadblock to equitable analyses of history and […]
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Advancing Equity in Educator Coaching
Urban Teachers is pleased to announce a new research endeavor to assess and advance equity in our educator coaching model. The research, conducted by Executive Director of Curriculum and Professional Development, Dionn Brown, will examine the coaching experiences of our early-stage Black educators. Through one-on-one interviews with members of Cohort 2020, Brown hopes to discover how our early-stage […]
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Urban Teachers Receives $2 Million from Texas Instruments Foundation
(DALLAS) — Urban Teachers, a national teacher preparation program, announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from the Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation to enhance Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) learning in the Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) and in Uplift Education, the largest public charter school network in North Texas. […]
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Urban Teachers Tops List for Innovation in Texas Teacher Prep
Urban Teachers, Dallas has been recognized by the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) as the state’s No. 1 innovative teacher preparation pipeline for its authentic, practiced-based educator development practices. Our program was recognized with the SBEC’s Innovative Preparation Commendation in part for: -Giving 100 percent of our aspiring educators real-world […]
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Urban Teachers Statement on Attempted Coup at U.S. Capitol
Yesterday’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was not only a riotous assault on American democracy, but just as notably, a display of institutionalized white power and domestic terrorism. White people breaking windows and wielding Confederate flags were met with restraint from law enforcement and seditious comfort from the president on the same streets where […]
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A Day In The Life of a Virtual School Teacher
Rozalyn Wingate, a member of Urban Teachers Cohort 2020, talks to the Howard University News Service about what it’s like to teach online during the coronavirus pandemic. Rozalyn is studying elementary education in Washington, DC.
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Re-creating the Classroom Online
Fatima Jallow, a member of Urban Teachers Cohort 2018, recently spoke with The Washington Post about the realities of teaching online during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more about her and her students here: From the article: But teaching virtually makes it hard to connect with students. Sometimes Jallow’s students try to answer questions, but their […]
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Baltimore Executive Director talks with MD Comptroller’s team about preparing career teachers during a pandemic
Baltimore Executive Director Charelle James sat down with the Maryland Comptroller’s team in August 2020 to discuss Urban Teachers’ efforts to prepare aspiring Baltimore educators during the coronavirus pandemic: “We’re making certain we’re showing [our teachers] how they can continue to have impact … virtually, but also they need to be able to differentiate for […]
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Urban Teachers educator joins Rolling Stone ‘Back to School’ panel
What is more normal — and expected — each end of summer than students and teachers to return to school? So far, the coronavirus crisis has killed an estimated 180,000 so far within United States borders. And in some cases, public school teachers have been deemed “essential workers” and told to return to classrooms — even if they’ve been […]