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SELF-AWARENESS LESSONS
What is Self-Awareness? In the last 6-7 years, the phrase “Social & Emotional Learning” has taken a gigantic step into the educational landscape. Educators,…
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SUSPENSION ALTERNATIVES
My team is working on this list to improve our school community. We’ve read the books and know the statistics and solutions take time…
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SOCIAL JUSTICE THEMES
Well, 2020 has been a season of learning and critically evaluating our teaching and life practices. As our world works to heal and continuously…
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White Supremacy Culture
What norms and unwritten rules does your school adhere to and why? Who do these “codes of conduct” benefit? Who do they marginalize? What…
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DISCUSSING IDENTITY
About five years go, I started piecing together elements of my classroom community that I saw as critical components. I was doing a…
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EQUITY IN ELA
But, what is equity? The existence in which all people or groups are given access to the correct number and types of resources for…
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THE ANTI-RACIST TEACHER
A few days ago, I posted some reflections about the book Teach Like a Champion on Instagram. My post reflected years of dissecting…
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ANTI-RACIST WORK
Y’all realize you can’t buy #antiracism, right? – Tiffany Jewell There’s something about the current times that has me in my feelings and my…
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EQUITY MICROMOMENTS
One question I often receive is “what are anti-bias and anti-racist actions I can take on a daily basis?” A great question, but I…
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TEACHING + POLITICS
This is a guest post from Nicole Brisbane who is a former 6th grade ELA teacher and current New York State Director for Democrats…
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STUDENT HOPES + DREAMS
I told my 4th grade teacher that I wanted to be Oprah when I grow up. This was before Oprah was OPRAH, OWN Network,…
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DISCUSSING COLORISM
“Why are the girls wearing their hoodies outside?” A few years ago, while teaching in Florida I had an interesting encounter with my principal.…
