Create A Video To Welcome New Parents
Communicating with parents and guardians can be daunting. It often begins at school registration, continues the first day of school, extends into Open House night, and then is sustained throughout the...
View ArticleTeaching Literacy From The CORE
Ms. Beckee walked into her very first classroom eager to teach her students to love reading and writing. She strongly believed literacy is transformational for student success. Ms. Beckee knew she had...
View ArticleA Survey of All Knowledge
Today’s blogger is Daniel Tanner, Board Chair of the Daniel Tanner Foundation. He reflects here on the writings of Frank Lester Ward, the subject of an article recently published in The Educational...
View ArticleCall for Manuscripts: The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges
An edited guidebook by Drs. Anna Quinzio-Zafran and Elizabeth A. Wilkins, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges: Curated Advice from Award...
View ArticleKDP & The United Nations
Hi, my name is Kaitlyn Rodriguez, and I’m a recent graduate of St. Joseph’s College in New York. I was the founding chapter president, now alumna, of the Alpha Theta Omega Chapter. I’m also a...
View ArticleThinking Critically About Our Current Education System
Hi, my name is Kevin Cataldo, and I’m a recent graduate of Felician University in New Jersey. I was the chapter president of the Alpha Zeta Rho Chapter of KDP on campus. I’m also a representative of...
View ArticleBlack & Brown Face: How Representation Combats Eurocentrism in the Classroom
James Baldwin (1960), an American novelist, playwright, and activist, once said that children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. It’s...
View ArticleHow to Incorporate Environmental Science in Your Classroom
Hi there – it’s Kaitlyn Rodriguez again. Sustainability and conservation are both key in helping the Earth. Lately, more than ever, it seems that companies and organizations are moving toward more...
View ArticleClimate Change: An Opportunity for STEM Education
Dr. Mubina Schroeder is an Associate Professor at Molloy College and is a Kappa Delta Pi United Nations Professional Representative. In preparation for the upcoming Climate Change Summit at the United...
View ArticleTruth Talk: Conversations About Race
Today’s bloggers are Debi Khasnabis and Simona Goldin, who co-authored with Ebony Perouse-Harvey and Margaret O. Hanna to write “Race and the Mona Lisa: Reflecting on Antiracist Teaching Practice,”...
View ArticleTexas Teachers: Obtain CPE credits through KDP’s high-quality professional...
(INDIANAPOLIS)—Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), International Honor Society in Education, has been approved as a continuing professional education (CPE) provider for the State of Texas. KDP offers online...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ Families Speak Out
Today’s bloggers are Pamela Baer, Tara Goldstein, and Jenny Salisbury from the University of Toronto. Together, they authored “Pairing Verbatim Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed to Provoke Startling...
View ArticleWe Are Fully Aware That We Are Facing a “Global Learning Crisis”
But What Are We, As Americans, Truly Doing To Solve Our Own Education Crisis? Shortly before the 2019 International Youth Day, the United Nations General Secretary, Mr. Guterres, stated that the world...
View ArticleRemembering Clementine
It seems fitting during Black History Month to honor and remember Dr. Clementine A. Skinner (1916–2006), KDP’s first African-American president. She served from 1976-1978. Clementine was born in...
View ArticleThe Future is STEM: Why We Need to Engage Girls Early
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs in STEM will have higher than average projected growth in the next ten years but only a small fraction of girls and women are likely to...
View ArticleBeginning Teacher Resilience: Considerations for Formal and Informal Mentoring
Today’s blogger is Dr. Brie Morettini, who authored “Building Beginning Teacher Resilience: Exploring the Relationship Between Mentoring and Contextual Acceptance,” published in The Educational Forum....
View ArticleFocusing on African American Male Preservice Teachers
Today’s bloggers are Samantha L. Strachan and Jillian Davis, who co-authored the article “Loud and Clear: The Importance of Telling the Stories of African American Male Preservice Teachers,” which...
View ArticleCOVID-19: A Professor’s Perspective
Tara Cosco, Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Education at Milligan College. She has been a KDP member for more than 20 years and serves as the Counselor of the Alpha Iota Iota Chapter. Initially,...
View ArticleCOVID-19: A Substitute Teacher’s Perspective
Liz Taylor, a 2019 Daytona State College graduate, has weathered a significant numbers of ups-and-downs in her short life. She recently wrote about how her chapter supported her recovery after a life...
View ArticleCOVID-19: A First Year Teacher Perspective
Kathyrn Getty is a first year educator in New Jersey and a recent graduate of Kean University. She joined the Delta Rho Chapter of KDP in April 2018. The 2019-2020 school year is my first year of...
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