Anindya Kundu

Sep 11, 2024 | shorturl.at | Anindya Kundu

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Aug 30, 2024 | anindyakundu.substack.com | Anindya Kundu

My favorite part of presenting to non-academic audiences is Q and A. Giving prepared remarks is fine, but nothing captures the excitement of being forced to think on your feet from smart questions. Often, this is where the most truthful and blunt responses come out. Such was the case a week ago, when I gave a virtual presentation at an education-tech company, one of the largest US-based providers of teaching and learning materials for schools, K through college.

Aug 13, 2024 | anindyakundu.substack.com | Anindya Kundu

In the fall of 2021, I began my first tenure-track professorship at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. Specifically, I became an assistant professor of “Educational Leadership,” appointed to a program where we train educators and administrators to shine as leaders across various positions in education. Most of our students are professionals serving Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), the third-largest school district in the US.

Oct 4, 2023 | shorturl.at | Anindya Kundu |Pedro A. Noguera

“Kundu’s spirited writing encourages practitioners at all levels to move toward a strength-based model that affirms students and their capacity, and he challenges readers to examine their own beliefs about student success and demystify individualist ideologies that suggest success if one simply tries hard enough.” ―Teachers College Record “Expertly written, organized and presented, The Power of Student Agency: Looking Beyond Grit to Close the Opportunity Gap is an extraordinary and highly...

Aug 28, 2023 | miamiherald.com | Anindya Kundu

Education insiders use the term “hidden curriculum” to describe unspoken rules that govern schools. The hidden curriculum is made up of relationships and behaviors within a school and decides who achieves and who does not. Little things — like having a teacher who always calls on you — matter a whole lot. So do big things, like if you have to pass through metal detectors each morning to enter your school. We use these to make sense of the world and our place in it.