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Dr. Punita Rice

Dr. Punita Rice

How to Teach About Diwali

Happy Diwali! Thursday of this week is Diwali (also spelled Divali, and sometimes called Deepavali/Deepawali). A lifetime ago, when I was…

5 min readOct 27, 2019

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Teaching all about Diwali

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Dr. Punita Rice

America is Not a Melting Pot

When I was growing up, the term “melting pot” was used a lot to describe America. As I’ve been wrapping up my book on South Asian American…

5 min readAug 9, 2019

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America is Not a Melting Pot

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The Problem With Apu Is A Problem With America

A new documentary sheds light on the many ways the seminal ‘Simpsons’ character has harmed South Asian Americans.

9 min readNov 17, 2017

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The Problem With Apu Is A Problem With America

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Dr. Punita Rice

Is Education Policy Broken?

As my colleague Heather Yuhaniak (@equitywarrior on Twitter) recently stated, in a discussion about how depressing it is to look at…

4 min readSep 26, 2016

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Is Education Policy Broken?

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Dr. Punita Rice

How the Technological Singularity will Impact the World (according to seventh graders)

When I was a teacher, at the end of the school year, I would try to leave a day or two to teach about miscellaneous topics the students…

9 min readSep 18, 2016

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How the Technological Singularity will Impact the World (according to seventh graders)

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Dr. Punita Rice

Dr. Punita Rice

Author “South Asian American Experiences in Schools Brown Voices from the Classroom” & “Toddler Weaning,” founder ISAASE.org. Teacher, mom, wife. PUNITARICE.com

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