Tag: Editorial

Small gestures with big impact

Teachers are magicians. The kind of classroom environment they create leads to not just curricular learning, but social and emotional development as well. This issue of Teacher Plus gives teachers the tool of design to create some more magic.

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The point of asking “what if?”

There are at least two ways in which we might imagine the future. One path takes us through unchecked climate change and its consequences on human and planetary life, including the exacerbation of conflicts around the world.

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Finding your peace

Educators may not be on the front lines, but our classrooms are spaces where change begins. Editor Usha Raman writes about the role of teachers in fostering a more equitable world, even as we grapple with our own challenges.

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Pictures can re-make our world

Textbooks aren’t just about facts—they shape worldviews, writes editor Usha Raman. Depicting fathers cooking and mothers in diverse roles can help shift expectations and spark conversations. When children see inclusive representations, they learn that everyone can take on any role, she adds.

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For the love of a good story

Usha Raman

We have reached the end of a long chapter, as we bring to you this last print edition of Teacher Plus. Just as stories have leapt off the printed pages of books and now reach us in many different ways, Teacher Plus too will come to you in a digital avatar. It may not be the same, but our stories will continue to carry the same spirit as we begin a new chapter.

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