University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program
Posted Nov. 21, 2017
It’s Not Enough to Know the Content, Teachers Also Need to Know the Context of Their Students’ Lives
The debate about how to best prepare K-12 teachers in the U.S. over the last 50 years has largely centered on whether theory- or practice-based…
Posted Jan. 25, 2017
Coffee Break: Chicago Principal Sonia Wang on How Community Context Makes a Difference in the Classroom
Sonia Wang is an educator on the South Side of Chicago who began as a literacy and writing teacher at a district elementary school. She…
