Cara FurmanReflections on Integration from an Elementary School teacher in 2007When I was student teaching in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Tanisha — a Black six-year old, avoided reading with me a book that…Jun 30, 2023Jun 30, 2023
Cara FurmanDwelling Between Philosophy and Education: Fruits, challenges, andAs a first year first and second grade teacher, I had a number of students who wouldn’t write. This was frustrating. I was passionate…Mar 9, 2022Mar 9, 2022
Cara Furman5 Steps to Getting Students to Read (and Benefit from) Your SyllabusA recent article has gone viral about a professor who embedded a kind of scavenger hunt within the syllabus. If his students carefully read…Dec 19, 2021Dec 19, 2021
Cara FurmanLearning Literacy with the Whole Body: Supporting Human Dignity in SchoolsAsked about her first week at school, an inquisitive and energetic three-year-old comments, “well, I like my teachers and the kids but I…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021