Cameras On? Link Published in Follow the Leader: Equity and Social Justice, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2021
Cameras On? Pedagogy Authority, and Equity in Zoom-Era Classrooms
ESSAYS
Pedagogy and The Crown
Earlier this month, I finally listened to my mother’s good advice: I started to watch The Crown. I tore through the first season, delighting in the happy …
On Specificity
I’m a huge tennis fan. During one of my recent meanderings through Youtube clips (best tennis rallies… Serena Williams championship points… Borg-McEnroe tiebreak, complete), I …
On a hike
I found myself scrambling up the mountain, mindless. My fingers and feet hunted rocky crevices without me. My thighs and calves were independent agents, too, …
In Chalkbeat: Students can learn a lot from presidential debates. Not this year.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/10/28/21538819/presidential-debate-students FIRST PERSON Students can learn a lot from presidential debates. Not this year. Watching the candidates square off seemed like meaningful homework. I realize …
On Social-Emotional Learning
August 2020 Thank you for being so vulnerable. I bristle at the words. I’m not sure why. I am pro-vulnerability, pro-emotion. I’m not cold or …
On Achievement
The Achiever in Me Strengthsfinder says that I am an Achiever. Achievers burn with an “internal fire” that drives them from goal to goal. The fire …
In Penn GSE: Reckoning
https://urbanedjournal.gse.upenn.edu/archive/volume-18-issue-1-fall-2020/reckoning-what-does-it-mean-look-forward-and-back-together
On teaching literature online – and loving it
With Danielle Perkins *** Before jumping in, we must confess: we are not fans of e-school. In fact, we love real school. Brick-and-mortar school. And we are …
On curricular activism
Curriculum is political. When educators write curricula – and when we teach it – we are political actors. We know this, but we forget this.Critical …