Teacher Forum

Each year the Mandel Center Teacher Forum brings educators together to explore central ideas in teaching and learning.

Upcoming Teacher Forum

April 11, 2021: Facing Hard Conversations: How to Stay Open, Curious, and Connected, with Kathy Simon.

Past Forums

• 2020: Teaching in a Time of Hate, with Simone Schweber

• 2018: Your Classroom as a Laboratory, with Marilyn Cochran-Smith

• 2018 Fall: Lesson Study: A Powerful Practice for Teacher Learning, with Jennifer Lewis

• 2017: What Kind of Citizen: Educating Our Children for the Common Good, with Joel Westheimer

• 2016: Coercion in the Classroom, with Alfie Kohn

• 2015: Interpretive Discussion: Engaging Students in Text-Based Conversations, with Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon

• 2014: The Moral Dilemmas of Teaching — Small Moments that Matter, with Anna Richert

• 2013: Silence in the Classroom, with Kathy Schultz

• 2012: Seeing Learning, with Steve Seidel

• 2011: Cultivating an Ethic of Excellence in Schools, with Ron Berger

• 2010: Collaborative Learning in the Classroom: Awaken the Joy of Interpreting Texts, with Orit Kent

• 2009: Accountable Talk: Classroom Conversations that Promote Learning, with Sarah Michaels