They were different women of different ages, sitting in different rooms, hearing different words on different subjects at different times. Yet their response – their natural, human reaction – was the same. The proverbial lumps in the throat, the moisture of not-quite-yet
Read moreSocial Justice Summer Camp 2.0 pushes educators to confront issues of diversity
Participants in last summer’s debut of NIU’s Social Justice Summer Camp gave James Cohen, Joseph Flynn and Michael Manderino a clear directive as they departed for home. Please, please do this again. And so they did, even if they had planned to
Read moreSocial Justice Summer Camp offers educators ideas to reach students in ‘a different way’
Long lines in the lunchroom. Climbing the gymnasium rope. Nagging parents. The quadratic formula. Anxieties like these are the stuff of high school. For LGBTQ teens, though, they take a backseat to the issues of sexual orientation. Changing clothes not in a
Read moreK-12 teachers to explore equity at Social Justice Summer Camp
Question: Can K-12 teachers without a deep understanding of social justice concerns effectively engage and enlighten their students on those topics? Joseph Flynn, James Cohen and Mike Manderino would say “no.” But the three professors from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Read moreLiteracy & Elementary Education offers new reading cohort in Grayslake
Northern Illinois University’s Department of Literacy and Elementary Education (LEED) will offer a new cohort leading to a Master of Science degree in literacy education with a focus on reading beginning in 2016 at University Center-Lake County (UC-LC) in Grayslake. The program
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