When Learning gets Personal
…middle of February, Durham’s school board condemned the ICE raids and requested Wildin be released and return to school. Momentum was building, but changing the minds of federal immigration officers…
…middle of February, Durham’s school board condemned the ICE raids and requested Wildin be released and return to school. Momentum was building, but changing the minds of federal immigration officers…
…into a one-sided vision of the world, so I have tried to build my classroom teaching based on four Global Competencies, outlined by the Asia Society (asiasociety.org), that will help…
…of lifelong learning. We know that when we choose this career, we are choosing to enter into a profession where we will continue to build our knowledge base as teachers…
…of culturally-relevant approaches. What I am suggesting is that we consider removing the pressure and accountability from teachers and parents and focus more on advocacy and building partnerships for more…
…For example, YPAR can build upon youth’s cultural, critical, and media literacies as it promotes social action. Although awareness about the various contributing factors to the school-to-prison pipeline has broadened…
…diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis…
…little about logic and syllogisms and building arguments and the art of persuasion. I had been talking about critical thinking for a long time without the basic knowledge of what…
…try to build a robot, or climb a tree to hide, what do you think? When readers engage in conversations about books, those books make them better people, thoughtful people,…
…like these to light; they inform the public, help readers form their own opinions, and deepen understanding to combat stereotypes and build support for policy change. “If you are an…
…and evaluate information. Interested in using diaries, letters, photographs, legal records, speeches, essays, biographies, and autobiographies? Check out “Using Primary Sources to Build a Community of Thinkers” from English Journal…
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