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On Community

At a time when so many lived realities are under attack, safe spaces are necessary. Our schools and our classrooms provide opportunities to work towards the world we want. At a time of political upheaval, when leaders model behaviors that we would not accept in our own communities and hate seems to be empowered, our […]Read Post ›

We Can’t Ignore It

[Cross-posted on Edutopia.] At their best, schools and classrooms affirm the power of community and what it means to be human. I once taught a student who spent months struggling with depression and cutting. One day, I watched her stand up in front of the class and share a poem that she’d written about her […]Read Post ›

Turning Classes Into Communities

[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Grace Lee Boggs, activist, philosopher, and visionary, passed away in October at the age of 100. Boggs was deeply inspired and informed by Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea of The Beloved Community. In The Next American Revolution, she wrote: We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, […]Read Post ›

Planning the Year

I’m excited to be teaching some new courses this year. I’ll be teaching 11th and 12th graders English which means new challenges and great opportunities. I’ve been writing the course handbooks which has helped me articulate goals for the courses while laying out some of the opportunities ahead for students. Here are is an excerpt: […]Read Post ›

Educon and Student Voices

Every year I amazed at the fact that we are able to rally and mobilize as a school community and host a national education conference. It is no small feat and I am grateful to the many people who put in hours of work in order to make it happen. This year it was my honor […]Read Post ›

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