How have you been dealing with this week's news in your classes, or reacting when your students bring it up? Teaching Tolerance advises, Do not quiet or dismiss students who want to talk about what's happening. This is an issue of immediate importance, and it will occupy their minds whether you...

Are you interested in incorporating culturally and historically responsive education (CHRE) into your practice? Check out 9 curriculum units developed by the three SABES Curriculum & Instruction PD Centers with companion CHRE suggestions for implementation provided by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, author of...

English language learners (ELLs) aren’t just enrolled in ESOL classes. In many programs, ELLs are in adult basic education (ABE) classes as well. However, ABE teachers may be unsure about how to teach math to these students effectively and in a culturally respectful manner. ELLs in the ABE Math...

The SABES ELA C&I PD Center has a new Director! Evonne Peters is taking over for Merilee Freeman, who retired on November 20th. Evonne brings 20 years of experience in teaching, training, and education administration to this position, including teaching and program coordination in Adult Education...

Join this session to learn about new models, tools, and resources for those supporting single mother students. This session is great for postsecondary educators and administrators. Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 2 pm EST This event is part of a week long celebration of single mothers. See...

Support student outcomes by using standards-aligned curriculum and instruction. Good idea! So...what does it mean to be standards-aligned? Three main characteristics of a standards-aligned ELA class include: Texts worth reading / listening to; Questions worth discussing and answering; and...

Many people have strong opinions about vaccination. Use our new lesson materials with your students to initiate a discussion of the mix of fact and feelings that underlie our beliefs on the subject. The lessons cover the history of vaccines; the science behind how they work; and the math of risk...

If you're overwhelmed or frustrated by the shift from in-person instruction to remote instruction, we hear you! There are a lot of potential instructional tools and delivery options out there, and while it's great to have choices, sometimes it feels like too much of a good thing! What should you...

Thanks to our SABES partnership with our Rhode Island adult education colleagues, Chris Bourret, Education Director at RIFLI, has generously invited you to join the Rhode Island Google Applied Digital Skills training, offered virtually by Google and COABE, on Monday, October 26, from 1:00 pm. – 4:00...

With the event of COVID-19, we hear the word "pandemic" all the time. But do you and your students know the math behind how pandemics spread so quickly? The SABES Math Center, in partnership with the SABES ELA Center, has developed two sets of ready-to-use, downloadable lesson plans and student...