Cara Furman is a former New York City progressive public elementary school teacher and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Hunter College. She is author of Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction, co-author of Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom to Create Democratic Schools, and co-editor of Teachers and Philosophy: Essays on the Contact Zone. She hosts the podcast Teaching from an Ethical Center: An Inquiry Among Friends and Thinking in the Midst. She writes about teacher-decision making, ethics, Descriptive Inquiry, inquiry, asset-based inclusive teaching, and progressive literacy practices.

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