Stories

Inclusion

What Are We Willing to Lose So Our Kids Can Gain?

“I’m scared.” These were two words an elementary teacher uttered after a professional development “lunch-and-learn” I facilitated a couple of years ago for an elementary school. The topic was...

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anti-racism

As California Goes: States Will Experience Growing Pains Without Affirmative Action

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on EdSource. Now that the Supreme Court has decided to end affirmative action in college applications, campuses across the nation must learn from both the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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