Modern Day de Tocquevilles — 2015 Edition
I’m so excited about and proud of this year’s Modern Day de Tocquevilles! Click on the image below to see their work and learn more about the project.
Joshua Block
Educate to Liberate: Build an Anti-Racist Classroom
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Recent events in our country are tragic and poignant reminders of the ongoing need for educators to create classroom environments that investigate society and the potential for change. Black Lives Matter, yet in our country, the experiences of African Americans and other marginalized groups demonstrate that there isn’t liberty and justice for […]Read Post ›
Creation, Collaboration, and Dance
It is my honor to collaborate with the Leah Stein Dance Company. Over many years of working together, we have developed practices and pedagogy that allow students to explore movement, creativity, and performance. This year, LSDC dancers are teaching a year-long dance elective at SLA. The process has been challenging and rewarding. The course introduces students […]Read Post ›
Make it Matter: Teach Justice
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Children force us to acknowledge realities that many of us can and would chose to ignore. How is it that I regularly hurry past the homeless, hoping to avoid interacting, while my son intentionally slows down and registers that there is a human being in need right there in front of him? […]Read Post ›
Making School About Connection
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Traditionally, schools have not promoted human-centered relationships. With the exception of the primary years, students are expected to rush from class to class, searching for meaning in short periods of time allotted with each of their teachers. In this model, each course is meant to pack in as much content as possible […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 