Focus on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining practices and amplify student voice
Systematic methods for improvement and networked collaboration
Educators will teach and lead in culturally responsive ways that validate and affirm students’ identities
The Teaching Matters NSI
We are a community of middle schools working together to ensure all students are prepared for high school and beyond, through the integration of culturally responsive-sustaining practices and continuous improvement methods.
We Aim to
Increase the number of Black and Latinx students, and students experiencing poverty, who end 8th grade prepared for high school and beyond.
Our Schools
Latest News
June 29, 2022
Pre-pandemic, student feelings towards classroom belonging, relationships and trust in middle school were hard enough topics to address; now they are critical as our students rebuild their social muscles and re-engage with teachers and classrooms.
February 4, 2022
Watch our interview with Principal William Gladstone as our Network Leader Jacobē Bell asks him about his school’s cultural awareness practices and their special change idea. Building off of their cultural awareness work, the 108 team is now testing a change idea that focuses on literacy skills.
January 6, 2022
We invite you to join us on this journey, as we share what we are learning in our NSI. We highlight three key learnings we are taking from the first year of our work, that we hope you can apply to yours.
The Network Team
Teaching Matters coaches and staff
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