Education in Emergencies
Tornado Recovery for Teens: Making Things Better
A guide that offers information to teens on ways to help themselves and others after a tornado. As time goes on, things should start getting back to the way they were. Students may be back at school, parents back at work, and life may go back to the ...
Education in Emergencies
Trinka and Sam: The Big Fire
A story that helps young children, their families, and teachers talk about feelings and worries they may have after experiencing a large-scale fire like a wildfire. This children's book describes some of Trinka's and Sam's reactions an...
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Choose to Connect
In this 2013 video, Teach For America alumnus Isaac Pollack tackles the seemingly impossible task of transforming Carver High School in New Orleans. Faced with academic gaps and skepticism from students in impoverished, violent neighborhoods, Isaac g...
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IDEO Design Thinking for Educators
This toolkit contains a design thinking process overview, methods, and instructions to help you put design thinking into action, and the Designer's Workbook to support your design challenges. Translations are available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech,...
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The Colonial Roots of Inequity and the Need for Culturally Relevant, Community Centered Education in Uganda
In this video from 2020, Teach For Uganda alumnus Charles Obore shares his reflections on the colonial roots of inequity, the need for culturally relevant education, and community-centered leadership.