Philly high school humanities teacher at SLA. Teacher Educator. Author of Teaching for a Living Democracy, published by @TCPress. tinyurl.com/teachdemoc
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26 Jan 2021
Copies of Teaching for a #LivingDemocracy are about to be (temporarily) sold out on Amazon. Another good reason to get it from @TCPress or your local independent bookstore! Hoping that reading about students doing profound things will help some educators during this *&!!* year
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22 Mar 2024
@diigo Are you still supporting your product? Clicking on tags in my account hasn't worked for nearly a week. I have used Diigo in my classroom for years but may need to make a change if there is no tech support.
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SLA 11th Graders became Modern Day de Tocquevilles! Learn about the true state of Democracy in America, watch videos of student-written plays, and more. Their insights and creativity are something to behold!
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SLA 11th Graders created "Songs of Ourselves!" This extraordinary collection of Field Notes includes Awareness Notes, Gender Notes, Subway Notes and so much more!
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12 May 2023
A little Friday joy from young people in Philly:
SLA 11th Graders created "Songs of Ourselves." This extraordinary collection of Field Notes includes Awareness Notes, Gender Notes, Subway Notes and so much more! #phled #sla sites.google.com/sciencelead…
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7 Apr 2023
Neighbor hit by a car at 48th and Kingsessing where there is no crosswalk painted and no traffic calming. Been a dangerous spot for years. Totally preventable. @CouncilmemberJG @PhillyOTIS #westphilly
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10 Jul 2022
How Unconditional Positive Regard Can Help Students Feel Cared For - MindShift — Appreciating the work of @AlexSVenet kqed.org/mindshift/57646/how…
8 Jul 2022
Abortion Is About Freedom, Not Just Privacy | The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
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First is Teaching for a Living Democracy Project-Based Learning in the English and History Classroom by @jhblock
Powerful examples of student work, provocative ideas about shifting, adjusting, and humanizing your pedagogy
@CarlaShalaby recommended!
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Joshua Block retweeted
27 Oct 2021
When learning is designed in ways that prioritize student voices and thought, there is a clear pathway for students to invest themselves fully and genuinely in quality work that matters. @jhblock kqed.org/mindshift/56401/des…
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22 Oct 2021
Hahaha — As a Teacher, I Agree With Mitch McConnell: Parents Should Tell Schools What to Teach - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-a…
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16 Oct 2021
Mike Rose, who died this summer, modelled a deep compassion that asked teachers to understand students as whole people, with very mixed feelings about academic writing.
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11 Sep 2021
Important story on unnecessary chaos in #phled. So tired of hearing leaders cover their incompetence by speaking of issues as if they are out of their control. Do your job!
11 Sep 2021
School buses that never show up, that leave kids stranded, that don’t pick kids up until after 5 pm, that leave 2nd graders at incorrect bus stops with no adults. On the citywide #phled bus nightmare with no end in sight: inquirer.com/news/school-bus…
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14 Jul 2021
"I began to film because people needed to know what happened to us — no one would believe it otherwise."
Watch this short film of seven stories of Palestinians who tried to save their neighbors and livelihoods during the Israeli bombardment in May. nytimes.com/video/world/midd…
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24 May 2021
"What I deemed with my own eyes to be truth or fact would always be unequal to the power of the white gaze that dominates most aspects of American life."
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24 May 2021
Several important points here along with good context for all. As the last sentence says: "It's not complicated." nytimes.com/2021/05/24/opini…
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9 May 2021
If you’re horrified by the Israeli government’s actions against Palestinians in #AlAqsa and #SheikhJarrah, urge your representative to add their name to #HR2590, the Palestinian Children and Families act, to ensure our gov. doesn’t fund this violence.
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9 May 2021
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms. Seems like a good time to share these wise words from the wonderful Yifat Susskind: ted.com/talks/yifat_susskind…
26 Mar 2021
This is both poignant and heartening. "We are all entangled." yesmagazine.org/video/radica…
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