“Education at its core is ‘social work’, meaning that growth, learning, and change happens between and among human beings when they interact with one another.” — Alan Daly

“Education at its core is social work”, says Alan Daly, meaning that “growth, learning, and change happens between and among human...

H. Richard Milner is a professor, noted researcher, and expert on race in education at the University of Pittsburgh. Milner believes that “education is the key to addressing inequity and racism in society” and if we are not “working in education to combat racism, we are complicit in maintaining inequity and the status quo...

I recall when teaching an undergraduate course, asking the pre-service teachers in the class to narrow down a chapter on student engagement and management to a single word. Not an easy task, but the group managed to list a series of words that encapsulated the concepts that would make teaching meaningful. Nowhere on the list were terms like assessment, targeted instruction, or remediation. Instead, the list looked this this: Love, Caring, Passion, Connection, Creativity, and Compassion. It...