Erin McCarthy (she/her)

All children deserve to see themselves as part of America's story. Representation means seeing themselves in the curriculum, literature, and as our most powerful role models, educators. #diversityequityinclusion #inclusionmatters #representation #WITOY #educators #leadership

To protect your privacy, the published study will not share any names or details that identify you Volunteers must meet these requirements: · Currently teaching in Wisconsin · Currently teaching middle school social studies (sixth, seventh, or eighth grade)

For this study, you are invited to describe your experiences, methods, strategies and obstacles to include diverse perspectives. About the study: One 30-45 minute Zoom interview that will be audio recorded (no videorecording) You would receive a $20 Visa gift card as a thanks

I'll be in Los Angeles during the Milwaukee RNC resisting the best way I know how - by learning how to include more diverse perspectives in history.

Do you want to become a NEAF Global Fellow? 🌐 Applications for our year-long fellowship program are open now. Visit our website to learn more & apply! neafoundation.org/educator-grant…

Today, the Foundation is excited to celebrate 2024 Award for Teaching Excellence recipient Sarah Kopplin! Sarah is a seventh-grade social studies educator from Shorewood, WI. Click here to meet all of the 2024 NEA Foundation Awardees: neafoundation.org/projects-initi…

Woohoo! Congratulations to all my fellow NBCTs!

Jason Carter thanked former First Ladies Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and First Lady Biden for their attendance at his grandmother’s tribute service and for the “remarkable sisterhood” they share.  He also thanked the “lovely” husbands that were there — drawing laughs.

A father at a Virginia Beach schoolboard meeting just laid out why anti LGBTQ+ laws in school are wrong.

The @uscensusbureau misclassification of Hmong Americans as 'East Asian' is a serious error. #HmongVoicesCount and will not be erased. ✍️ Share this petition widely: bit.ly/HmongVoicesCou… @SEARAC

I'm presenting Exciting Student Curiosity to Include Diverse Voices at giftED23 sched.co/1QNlG #giftED23 @sched

I’m so excited to be presenting at #giftED23! I hope you’ll join me Nov 29-Dec 1 in Dallas at this outstanding, one-of-a-kind event! @txgifted #tagt tagtconference.org

Teacher Friends, can I get your help in sharing? Applications for the 5th Cohort of We Are America Teaching Fellows is still open! You can learn more + apply here: docs.google.com/document/d/1t4…

It's not that boxed curriculum is all bad. In fact, it can support new teachers in understanding how to teach. The problem is when boxed curriculum is weaponized against teachers, asking them to use it with "fidelity" instead of responding to the needs of teachers.

I'm so disappointed when a history teacher asks, "How do you have time to bring in other voices when we have so much to do?" All voices belong in history. Women aren't a sidebar. Black people aren't a footnote. Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, etc. stories matter.

@drdmaclee I've taught eighth grade for eleven years and I've heard so many parents say, "I try to be pretty hands-off" and "we want to let him figure it out" at parent-teacher conferences over and over. Struggle and hands-off are highly correlated!

Middle school is not the time for you to be more hands-off with your child. If anything, act like they are big, smelly toddlers. Developmentally, they are supposed to push boundaries. This is when you earn your parenting stripes.

@mremrich1 @davidwblight1 Have you seen the DBQuest from icivics? Really engaging. I used it as a launch point for students to redesign Lincoln Park - the statue around the park to tell the story of Reconstruction.

1) Emancipation Memorial statue in DC…a controversial statue I’ve always wanted to see. For reference to the controversy, here’s a wonderful article by @davidwblight1 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

@AfroFranco2 Just adding a no to the chorus.

A bit of a weird question to ask, but for my fellow public facing teachers, who present and give workshops and keynotes and whatnot, Do your schools acknowledge within the community the work that you do outside of school?

@historysandoval 🍀

Several suggested I should make a list so I can better see fellow educator’s posts. If you see this and are a fellow educator please drop your favorite emoji 🌈✨🍩🦇✌🏻❤️‍🔥 🪲🐿 below so I can start generating my list. TY. Also if I’m not already following you let me know.

When I think about excellence in education, I think about Whitney Aragaki @sayuri_neko and the wisdom she shares about the importance of feeling connected not just to the curriculum but to the places/communities we inhabit. #AANHPIHeritageMonth

“This pedagogical violence, caused by actors with no teaching experience in schools, has been painstakingly done to keep the factually accurate history of Black people out of the hands of Black children” A word from my brother ⁦@PheltonMoss⁩ naacp.org/articles/book-…