10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms
…planning student in my class read Young’s article and responded this way: “As an aspiring urban planner, both my classes and personal interests have brought me to many public meetings…
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Queer YA Inspired by TV and Movies
…have been like through her characters Sana Khan and Rachel Recht. Sana is the perky, aspiring medical student and cheerleader to Rachel’s antisocial film-obsessed character. They’re both ambitious, and it’s…
Build Your Stack: Culturally-Affirming Adult Reads That Will Push Your Classroom Thinking
…story. Set in southern Nigeria, this crime mystery glows with Igbo colloquialisms and patterns of speech. Nothing of the traditional is watered down. The narrative keeps readers in its grasp…
Reflections on Point-less Grading
…focus less on the points and more on their learning and experience in class. After a few weeks, they had a good overall grasp of the system. As the semester…
How Autobiography Can Contribute to Global Citizenship in COVID-19 America
…to write about their own family’s day-to-day experiences during the pandemic. Since COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of everyone’s life in the United States, allowing opportunities for expression of this…
One at a Time: Teaching Writing and Close Reading with Sentences
…that sentence study replace the reading and writing of full-length works. In a single sentence you can’t grasp the rhythm of a paragraph or a poem, nor can you see…
Theater, Drama, and Reading: Transforming the Rehearsal Process into a Reading Process
…process to make text visible and concrete for themselves. Drawing on both the production aspects of theater and the generative learning elements of drama, the book shows readers how to…
What Do Standardized Assessments Measure?
…that students of color (Black and Hispanic) underperformed in every aspect of the assessment when compared to White students. Through page after page, I wondered how we—teachers, scholars, advocates, and…
Celebrate Mandela Day!
…to determine a project they can undertake to plan and publicize their contribution to a more just world. Learn even more in these blog posts that touch on aspects of…
Classroom Support for Future Changemakers
…event that recently happened in the news or a request to think about how an aspect of the curriculum relates to their own lives or even just a check-in on…
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