One personal effect of the budget cuts in the School District of Philadelphia has been that my teaching load has switched from a combination of English and History classes to all History. I miss teaching English but it is amazing how much I become immersed in whatever is in front of me. I find myself […]Read Post ›
This is a longer version of a post that I edited down for Edutopia. You can read the full version here or the shorter version there. As part of my family’s summer travels we stayed with some friends who had recently moved into a new house. They discussed wanting to change a light over their table […]Read Post ›
Today my American Government classes wrapped up our unit on Democracy and Education. We started the class by viewing and commenting on the digital stories that students made to communicate unique ideas about democracy and education at this moment in Philadelphia. Students had done a great job of creating work that is poignant, insightful, and […]Read Post ›
One of the only positive side effects of the manufactured crisis facing Philadelphia public schools is that it provides an excellent opportunity for students to think deeply about Democracy and Education. In my 12th grade American Government class we started off the year by challenging narrow ideas and simplistic definitions of democracy. Students had an […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 