Stories

NTC Equity Commissioner Karen Pittman and Gary Briggs from our professional learning systems team encourage teachers to ask students who the important adults in their lives are outside of school, at home, and in the community.

Partners for Racial Inclusion is designed to provide support and community for new teachers of color.

In recognition of Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month, Magaly Lavadenz and Feliza Ortiz-Licon share their stories as bilingual learners and advocate for a redesign of policy and practice in support of this diverse and growing student population.

Soon after I started working with the incredible Theopa Tolbert, MPS’ induction and support manager, we began a series of conversations about how the teacher induction program could better serve as a lever for equity in the district.

We’ve been working with partners to define the unique landscape for change at their sites as a starting place for designing impact strategies — What is the current state of instruction? How would students characterize the learning environment? Where are the strengths? What are the school- and system-level enabling conditions that have to be in place to support success?

This month, we spoke with Dr. Benjamin Houltberg, president and CEO of the Search Institute, a leading voice on the critical role relationships play in teaching and learning and youth development.