Alana G. Baum

Alana G. Baum is a Chicago Public Schools parent, a clinical psychologist and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where she is teaching a seminar on the psychology of hate.

Posts By Alana G. Baum

student achievement

Who Needs Selective Enrollment When Your Neighborhood High School Has an IB Program

This is a stressful time for many urban eighth-grade students and parents who are considering high school options, and hearing from public schools about acceptances into selective or other...

anti-racism

Teaching Our Children to Understand and Confront Hate Still Remains Our Greatest Hope and Protection for Them

Like many psychologists throughout the country, I've received countless calls from parents and teachers struggling with how to address last week’s election with their kids. One teacher instructed her...

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