Humans Who Teach
A Guide for Centering Love, Justice, and Liberation in Schools

Honestly, as far as professional development books go, this has been my favorite. Did it feel like I was on a meditative teacher retreat where we would all sit around in a circle at the end of the night and sing songs about loving one another? Yes. Is that kind of exactly what I needed this summer a......more

A guidebook that feels like an invitation to a healing meditation. For people who teach- who all too often give and give and give of themselves in service of their students. Shamari invites us to reflect on how and why we give so much of ourselves to teaching, and how that can be a disservice to our......more

This book reads more like a healing meditation for humans who teach than a "guide to teaching" and I'm so, so grateful for it. I didn't realize how badly I needed something like this until I finally curled around a cup of tea this afternoon and let Shamari's soothing voice walk me through how to cen......more

I appreciated this short, easy book that pulls together some of my favorite theorists into an accessible and enjoyable format for busy teachers. Reid’s attention to an ethic of love, self-regard and challenging fears is important and succinctly stated. I only gave it 3 stars because it was quite sho......more

This was a hard one for me as I saw many challenges to teaching and making sure that I make my classroom culturally aware and status quo disrupting by centering love for my students and myself in my curriculum. I am fortunate to live in a state where these things are not constantly challenged, but I......more