Climate Education
Earth Optimism for Educators
These resources offer valuable lesson plans designed to cultivate awareness about sustainability and climate consciousness through STEM components. Educators can use the materials to get students to learn about climate change through engaging lessons...
Girls' Education
Multi-Country Study Finds Women Who Give Birth Before 18 Are Economically Impacted for Life
An article on the lifelong negative association between giving birth before age 18 and a woman’s economic empowerment. It discusses how childbearing before 18 is widespread and how in many countries, women do not have control over their own earnings.
TACL
Ambassadors of Empathy
In this video from 2014, former special education teacher and Teach For America Alumnus, Michael Mahoney shares how he wants his students to have a sense of unlimited possibility for what they can be and what they can contribute to the world.
Climate Education
Declaring a Climate Emergency at Your School
This PDF guide draws from the firsthand experience of the authors on how to declare a climate emergency in a school. Teachers can use this guide to learn from a real-life case study and adapt the strategies to create similar initiatives in their own ...
TACL
Stories on Vision: "Why Is This Family So Satisfied, and Why Is This Teacher So Angry?"
In this article from 2019, Steven Farr shares two experiences: a dinner with a Navajo family describing their love for a school he found wanting and a classroom visit with a Navajo teacher who challenges his suggesting that her students be prepared f...