Praise for Nurturing the Heart and Mind by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad "Every teacher has the power to create a classroom centered around heart and mind. This resource is a map to help you do just that--to tie the content areas together so that learning becomes more than just information; it becomes transformation." -- KWAME ALEXANDER, New York Times bestselling author; 2026 American University Sine Institute Fellow; founder of One Word at a Time. "Finally, a teaching resource that brings together the head and the heart. Muhammad has created the definitive resource that we all have been waiting for, and that all students desperately need. Steeped in seeing the genius in every student, her approach situates rigor, depth, and complexity with joy, justice, culture, and love. Every school district needs this book!" -- TYRONE C.
HOWARD, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, Los Angeles; author of Equity Now: Justice, Repair, and Belonging in Schools "Dr. Gholdy Muhammad gives us a powerful blueprint for teaching with purpose and love. Nurturing the Heart and Mind invites educators to dive deeply into content while centering identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy--reminding us that education is not just about learning facts, but about cultivating humanity. A must-read for every educator." -- MEISHA PORTER, Ed.D.
, Visiting Senior Fellow, The Center for Educational Innovation " Nurturing the Heart and Mind offers educators a powerful roadmap for cultivating their own genius through pedagogy that is liberating, loving, and life-giving. Dr. Muhammad brings her CHRE framework to life through beautiful, accessible lessons that empower students to build skills and build themselves. It's not just curriculum. It's liberation in action." -- AMY FULINARA, Executive Director, Lemon Grove School District "Dr. Muhammad's encouragement and wisdom come alive in these lessons. The five pursuits shine through a lens of compassion, delight, and action, all while uplifting past and present innovators and leaders.
This must-have resource centers joy in learning, as the arts and humanities flourish alongside social studies and STEM." -- MICHELLE ZOSS, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Education, Georgia State University "Dr. Muhammad offers a carefully curated bouquet of lessons blooming across disciplines, each one designed to cultivate the genius and joy of young people. Guided by Rumi's timeless wisdom, her book invites readers to see teaching as both garden and harvest--a daily tending of minds, a gathering of possibility." -- STEPHANIE TOLIVER, Ph.D.
, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "This book is essential reading for any educator--in and out of schools--who is reaching for inquiry and justice. Spanning arts and culture, ELA, social studies, and STEM, Dr. Muhammad's pursuit driven lessons provide educators and parents with the tools they need to promote rich dialogue and action in their classrooms, here in the U.S. and across the world." -- ASIF WILSON, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.