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Storytelling: The Heart of Teaching and Learning
Reprinted from MiddleWeb, 2019
Storytelling – speaking, writing, hearing, and appreciating our own and other’s stories – can be an equalizer for ensuring all students’ lives are respected, honored, and recorded.
Want Classroom Equity? Seek and Value Diversity
Reprinted from MiddleWeb, 2019
Low expectations and inequitable classrooms persist in many of America’s public schools, writes Regie Routman, author of Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence and Equity for All Learners. Here’s what Routman believes educators must do to address this moral dilemma.
Equity Matters
Reprinted from CCIRA Blog, 2019
The opportunity to pursue a happy, productive life and to actively participate as an informed citizen is an “unalienable right” and that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” require that we fully educate all our students.
10 Ways to Build the Trust Kids Need to Learn
Reprinted from MiddleWeb, 2018
Kids are always eager to learn. Our job is to find a way in, and that way in depends on students and families knowing they can trust us. We must do everything we can to ensure that trusting relationships are the foundational, caring heart of our teaching and learning.