Newsroom

We are excited to announce that Fred Frelow and Robert Kim have joined our Board! And, we send our gratitude to outgoing board member Betsy Bousquette. 

We offer our gratitude for the practices of Indigenous peoples, and share our land acknowledgment statement.

"Care and healing must be a central focus as we welcome students back to class this month," writes Morningside trainer Marieke van Woerkom in a new article on Edutopia. 

An invitation to white educators and administrators to partner with us in the fight for racial justice.

The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance is using circles to bolster students and the school community, with support from Morningside Center. This week their great work landed them in the news.

Students and educators at Brooklyn’s Meyer Levin Middle School (including our staff developer at the school, Dionne Grayman) are once again in the spotlight for the joyful and equitable school they are working to create together.  

NYC Chancellor Richard Carranza and NYC first lady Chirlane McCray celebrate Meyer Levin Middle School as a model of social and emotional learning, restorative justice, and culturally responsive education.

Our AFT Teach Conference workshop this weekend was about creating a “brave community” to address race and racism in our schools. Co-facilitators Daniel Coles and Marieke van Woerkom report that educators came to the workshop ready to share, take risks, build connections, and learn. 

An interview with Morningside Center’s new Executive Director Cassie Schwerner, from our 2018 Annual Report.

Tala Manassah on what we’re learning through our i3 Whole School Racial Equity Project, from our new Annual Report.