Book bans provide a way to “mobilize those who don’t feel comfortable with some of the topics that are being taken up in books,” says Dr. Sonya Douglass.
BERC Founding Director Dr. Sonya Douglass will be among preeminent international scholars and academics from leading universities who conduct groundbreaking, equity-based research.
While Juneteenth is observed at a time when most K-12 schools are out on summer break, there is a value in teaching about the holiday and its legacy year-round, says BERC founder Sonya Douglass.
The disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on Black people, coupled with racial trauma from last summer, will make it harder for Black students to return to classrooms, Teachers College research showed.
The nation's largest school district unveiled a groundbreaking curriculum change to teach children about the history and contributions of Black Americans.
The New York City Department of Education is also overhauling its teaching of black history in city public schools for students K-12 in all 5 boroughs.
New York City’s public school system will introduce a new curriculum in select schools next year as part of a pilot program to teach students about the history of Black Americans.
TC’s Black Education Research Collective, led by Sonya Douglass Horsford, will play a lead role in a landmark initiative to develop an interdisciplinary K-12 Black studies curriculum.
