Are we creating rigorous classrooms where there is only one way through, a narrow channel that is always predetermined, no matter the student’s needs?
Teaching
ROOTED Weekly: 26 September 2020
45, 1619, 1776. Thoughts on self-compassion, whiteness, equity, and justice. Plus, a whole mess of links to enjoy! Happy reading!
Self-Compassion, Whiteness, and Working Towards Equity and Justice
If we're going to listen to the stories of others, giving them room to be heard, we'll need ears to hear their stories. But we'll also need ears to hear our own.
ROOTED Weekly: 19 September 2020
Developing compassion, developing writers. Plus, a call to ditch the deficit lens as we embark on a new school year! The ROOTED Weekly is out!
Templates, Recipes, and Formulas: Tasks That LOOK Like Writing
When a student asks how many paragraphs or how many pages or how many quotes their piece needs, then you know that student isn’t writing...yet.
ROOTED Weekly: 12 September 2020
Doing what's necessary and finding what's essential. Plus, a rather apocalyptic look at American higher education! The ROOTED Weekly is out!
Five Things: What’s essential in your curriculum?
What's essential in your class? If you could teach just five things this year, what would they be?
ROOTED Weekly: 5 September 2020
New, hybrid learning environments. Robot grading. Support for teenagers in a pandemic. Rooted action. Students agency. A lot packed in this week!
Unmasking the Barriers of Teaching & Learning in Hybrid Learning Environments
Relationships are the roots from which learning sprouts forth; relationships are our first pedagogy.
ROOTED Weekly: 29 August 2020
Latest posts, news, and notes! Education, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Thoughtful Pedagogy.
Do Not Hurry; Do Not Rest
We cannot rush into a new school year, and, yet, we also cannot rest. We constantly work to make things a little better today than they were the day before.
ROOTED Weekly: 22 August 2020
Latest posts, news, and notes! Education, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Thoughtful Pedagogy.