anti-racism
The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: Who Will You Blame Now?
It was 2001, and I was a freshman at Purdue University majoring in English education. I was walking on campus with a group of white female “friends.” One of the women started complaining about how...
EdTech
Ed Tech Tools: Don’t Ask Students What They Want to Be
Here's What Schools Should Ask Instead and How Ed Tech Tools Prepare Them. Kids in K-12 schools are learning to be lawyers, teachers, technology experts, and healthcare professionals, among other...
LGBTQ
Trans Students Are Not Okay. Our Time to Act is Now.
Recently, while scrolling through my Instagram, I came across a reel that featured a passionate speech from Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, asserting to her Republican colleagues that she...
Math
Just Because the Math Ain't Mathin' Doesn't Mean That There's No Evidence of Mathematical Thinking in Their Response
To thrive in math, our learners need persistence and self-confidence. If our feedback is solely focused on the errors they’ve made, how can we expect them to maintain their motivation and build the...
anti-racism
Anti-Racist Education: When Things Hit the Fan, Are you Still a Fan?
It has been three years since George Floyd was murdered. Three years since we demanded educators teach differently due to what we witnessed in the summer of 2020. Three years since schools started to...
Math
Math Pacing Guides: Do They Keep Pace or Leave Students Behind?
Recently, I was invited as a guest on the DebateMath podcast to participate in a nuanced discussion about the use of math pacing guides in our schools. To be clear, a pacing guide is a document that...