by In many parts of the world, students have just started back to school after the summer holidays (not the case everywhere, of course, particularly in the southern hemisphere!). We wanted to celebrate the start of a new school year with a snapshot of what going back to school looks like around the world, as […]
7 Essential Steps to Having Difficult Conversations with Kids
by You see your child crying or upset. If you are lucky, you get an answer easily. If you are not, you flounder around trying to figure out what went wrong. You work hard on talking to your children about the solution but are you seeing this difficult situation as an opportunity to teach your […]
Celebrating the Multicultural Classroom with African Pop Music
by It all started with a talking drum and one student’s interest in sharing this drum with his classmates. I seek to celebrate student-led learning. The talking drum was a launching pad for a lesson on African music and a tool to engage other students as leaders in the classroom. This ensemble performance featuring the […]
5 Things I Learned Moving Countries and Changing the Community Language
by Recently my family and I moved from Italy to Australia. While I am originally from Melbourne, my husband is Italian, and my two kids who are almost 4 and 6 years old were born in Italy. Italy is and has always been their home. My kids are bilingual, but Italian has always been their […]
3 Latinas Who Nevertheless Persisted
by On National Women’s History Month, I would like to take honor 3 Latinas who demonstrated persistence to achieve their goals and make a difference in their communities. As the immigrant mother of two Latina girls, these remarkable women have provided me with a source of strength for the days when parenting feels tough, super tough. […]
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