Educating Gender
Mentor Teachers and Classroom Environments: Exploring implicit bias and gender norms
One of my professional roles is as the director of The Mentor Teacher Training Program at American Jewish University’s graduate education...
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Educating Gender
- Apr 21, 2022
- 3 min
An invitation to Engage: The Pathways Aravali School, India and Gender Sustainability (Part I of 3)
Bhavna’s invitation came in the form of a message on Twitter. The chaotic and happenstance world of social media made a connection that...
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Educating Gender
- Feb 3, 2022
- 4 min
Want to Transform Middle School Education? Teach Girls (and Boys) Empowerment Self Defense
If we could do anything of great importance in education in the United States it would be to completely rewrite the script on what we...
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Educating Gender
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
Gender and Implicit Bias: Three Steps to Support New Teachers
One of the most significant challenges for administrators in supporting new teachers is to help them unpack their previous notions of...
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Educating Gender
- Sep 14, 2021
- 4 min
8 Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys about Gender. Part II: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine.
As I mentioned in Part I of this two-part post, the main approach to thinking about boys and getting them more engaged with school and...
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Educating Gender
- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
Disrupting Class: A Working List
Disruption in classrooms has a name and it's not Sarah. Her hair is something out of an epic Greek myth. Everyday Sarah comes to school...
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Educating Gender
- Apr 20, 2021
- 5 min
Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II
Kenny, an 11th grader at a school where I am the academic director, is struggling universally in all his classes. The school which Kenny...
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Educating Gender
- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
Single Sex Education: A Road to Empowerment or Increased Oppression?
I have written previously about the potential and power of single sex education. Educating Gender examined the work of long time head of...
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Educating Gender
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Double Standard of Physical Education in Schools
I had a love-hate relationship with gym class in school. While I loved to run around and play games, I was a heavy child after the age of...
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Educating Gender
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5 min
Teacher Student; Student Teacher
“When adults seek to learn about and from children, the challenge is to take the closely familiar and to render it strange.” Barrie...
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Educating Gender
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Moving at the Speed of Work and Play
Dolls and Blocks and Dress Up Closets and Action Figures are for play. Desks and Pens and Books and Paper are for work. Sitting at a desk...
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Educating Gender
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
A Working Definition for Schools Regarding Masculin(ities)
All boys’ high schools, which I have worked for as a teacher, administrator and consultant, are simple to understand and, at the same...
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Educating Gender
- May 11, 2020
- 4 min
More Male Teachers in Schools, Better Educational Results for Boys? Not So Fast!
The argument goes something like this… The preponderance of female teachers in schools, particularly at the elementary school level, may...
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Educating Gender
- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
Act Like a Man...Shifting Perspectives on Gender and the Art of Growing Up
Boys used to wear dresses. In the 19th century, it was fairly common for young boys to be brought up wearing girls’ clothing until about...
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Educating Gender
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
“Do You Think This Is Okay?”: Performing Gender and Disciplining Students
Shakespeare makes many references to life as a type of play. The author imagines that we are all really on a stage performing our roles...
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Educating Gender
- Mar 16, 2020
- 4 min
The Peace of 1815
If you are a student educated in the United States, it is impossible not to be triggered by the phrase, “the War of 1812”. Yes, of...
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Educating Gender
- Mar 2, 2020
- 4 min
Playgrounds and Classrooms and Everything In-between
Jessie is wicked fast. She’s so fast, that when she’s standing still she still looks like she’s moving. For months, the third grade...
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Educating Gender
- Feb 24, 2020
- 5 min
Turning Your Classroom into a Chrysalis
There is a dirty little lie that teachers tell and it is a complicated one. “I don’t play favorites in my classroom. All of my students...
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Educating Gender
- Feb 17, 2020
- 6 min
Realistic Self-Defense Training: An Education for Everyone
**Guest Blogger: Rachel Collins If you google “self-defense training near me,” or something similar, you’re likely to get relevant...
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Educating Gender
- Jan 27, 2020
- 4 min
Tomboy Versus Sissy: Crossings Versus Boundaries
As someone who has spent over 25 years hiring faculty and staff for schools, one of my favorite interview questions which I ask...
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Jason is flexible and attentive, yet remains committed to his high expectations of my work in tackling tough situations and tasks. With a sense of humor and compassion for the rigor of a leadership position, he knows how to guide me with just the right amount of productive stress. I appreciate that.
Daphne Orenshein - Elementary School Principal: Hillel Hebrew Academy
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