Teachers Show Us a World Built on Care
By Jeannie Russell The original meaning of the word “teach” in the Old German language that predates our modern English was “to show.” What do …
6 Activities to Teach Food Justice
By Jeannie Russell Teaching about Food Justice means challenging students to explore and think critically about all aspects of our food systems – which connect …
6 Strategies to Help Young People Cope with Challenging Times
By Kristina Hulvershorn It can be so challenging to know how to help the students or children in your life cope with complex world events …
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Teaching Compassion for Fish through Children’s Literature: An Interview with Dr. Jonathan Balcombe and Dana Buchwald
Recently, we partnered with The Gryphon Press to create a classroom guide for its newly published children’s book Jake and Ava: A Boy and a …
Middle Schoolers Share Advice for Changing the World
We had the opportunity to ask 5th grade students at PS 165 in Queens, NY about their thoughts regarding how to create positive change in …
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Educator Spotlight: Felice Clyne-Davis
Felice Clyne-Davis is an amazing educator with whom HEART has had the pleasure and honor of partnering for many years while she worked as a …
Oh, What a Waste! Teaching About Food Waste
By Bob Schwalb “Don’t waste food! There are starving children all over the world who would love to have the food you’re about to throw …
Teach Children Social Skills Through Training Animals
By Jeannie Russell Amid the collective trauma of the past pandemic year, one of the few positive outcomes to emerge was a notable increase in …
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Young People Are Inherently Motivated to Create a Better World for Future Generations, According to Research
By Kristina Hulvershorn Ask anyone who works with children and they will tell you how deeply children seek and argue for what is “fair” and “right.” That’s …
Mindfulness in Teaching: How Mindfulness can Reduce Stress and Create a Better Learning Environment
By Bob Schwalb It’s no secret: Teaching is a demanding and oftentimes stressful job. So stressful, in fact, that 46% of teachers in a recent …
Former NYC DOE Literacy Department Leader Reviews Our Farm Animal Guide
Review by Esther Klein Friedman, Ph.D., Literacy-Learning Mentor Consultant;Retired Executive Director of Literacy and Academic Intervention, New York City Dept. of Education Including a unit …
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Unique Collaboration Brings Humane Education to Young Domestic Violence Survivors
By Jeannie Russell On a blisteringly hot day in early July some years ago, I took the long walk from the subway to a 52-family …
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Teaching Perspective-Taking to Create a Kinder and More Compassionate World
By Bob Schwalb Perspective-taking is the ability to see a situation from someone else’s point of view. Research has shown that individuals who take the …
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Remote Learning Activities for Challenging Times
By Kristina Hulvershorn I had originally planned to create an optimistic beginning-of-the-school year blog this month, but with so much uncertainty surrounding our children’s education …
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Honoring Resilience and Compassion in Brooklyn School Communities
By Jeannie Russell In March of 2020, the children of New York joined the rest of the world in a global lockdown, suddenly losing the …
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