The coronavirus has unleashed another pandemic: xenophobia. This article aims to counter the xenophobic narrative that affects many Asians and people of Asian descent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To counter this narrative, we offer an anti-racist digital citizenship framework in social studies. This illustrates a critical triad of…

In this essay, the authors draw on their experiences as teachers, scholars, and parents who identify as Chinese American and Chicana to articulate their vision of antiracist schools. The essay names love as a necessary corrective to systemic violence and othering in schools--specifically, love for children who routinely traverse racial, ethnic,…

This spotlight explores culturally responsive practices implemented by two grantees from the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program with the U.S. Department of Education: Georgia State University and UnboundEd. In its CREATE Teacher Residency, Georgia State University implements a three-year curriculum focused on developing…

In this paper, I critique the ways in which music education professionals--especially the privileged voices within our field--engage in dialogue through social media outlets such as Facebook. While social media has become a valuable and ubiquitous discursive tool within our field, especially in that it theoretically removes the "ivory…

As the infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH)-informed workforce adapted to the unexpected and challenging events brought on by COVID-19, associations for infant mental health (AIMHs), whose primary role is to support the workforce, stepped up and offered what very few organizations could during the onset of the pandemic: opportunities…

From the Pulse nightclub massacre to the brutal police killings of unarmed Black men, women, and children, the summer of 2016 saw a wave of deadly violence and hatred leveled at Black and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities. In the aftermath of this violence, which included prolific public dialogue across traditional…

For educators, it is imperative to be aware of the effects of racism and to learn how to teach about them to students. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC's signature workshop, "Let's Talk!", is designed to give educators tools--historical understanding, racial literacy, and pedagogical…

Global Citizenship Education (GCE), in its noblest terms, is a commitment made by educators to provide students with opportunities to situate themselves as citizens within a global community. The author's presentation addressed the lay of the land for global citizenship and human rights education in early years spaces. Drawing upon the context of…

Social, emotional, and affective experiences are impossible to separate from thinking, doing, and being in the world. Increasingly, schools and community-based organizations are recognizing this truth through the adoption of programs that focus on the emotional lives of children and youth, especially when emotions are fraught, and lives have been…

In this paper I argue that education must be defined by our willingness to experience compassion in the face of others' suffering and thus by an ethical imperative, and seek to expose psycho-social processes of shame as dark matters that inferiorize and subjugate those expressing such compassion for the more-than-human world. Beginning with…