Elementary School

José Jiménez on gender diversity and sexual identity in elementary schools

Jon Moscow CR-S, Podcast Episode 00:34:15 Comments Off on José Jiménez on gender diversity and sexual identity in elementary schools

We speak with José Luis Jiménez, principal of A.C.E. Academy for Scholars, PS 290, in Queens. A queer educator of color, he came out to his students during Pride Month in 2017. If a community is truly welcoming to all, he thought, “you don’t “check a part of yourself at the door.” José encourages his…

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Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests

Amy Halpern-Laff Podcast Episode 00:30:30 Comments Off on Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests

We speak with Anna Allanbrook, longtime principal of Brooklyn New School (BNS). Learning at BNS is inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary. As well, BNS is known as the “opt-out school” because 95% of families opt out of standardized testing. The school offers no test preparation.

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