social justice
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Importance of Perspective
I spent today in a train-the-trainer training hosted by my state’s licensing board for teachers. This training was not at all what I expected based on the new state standards for relicensure. It was better. One of the things that I took away from today was that getting teachers to see themselves as active agents Continue reading
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War Culture
I have a memory that occasionally floats its way back to the front of my thoughts. Today, as I looked at the news of the two mass murders, acts of terrorism, I couldn’t help snapping back to the summer of 2008. I don’t remember exactly what we were doing or why, but I do remember Continue reading
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My goal
Ask anyone what their greatest fears are and they will probably give you some surface answer. I don’t doubt that those people have genuine fears, just that they wouldn’t be ready to tell the truth much in the same way that I wouldn’t normally be telling the truth. But I feel that if I don’t make Continue reading
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Mindset changes
When I first started this blog, I wasn’t sure what direction it was going to move in. At first, I just wanted to share things that I had learned through my experiences and professional development, especially considering the lacking background of general and content educators in regards to ELL education. Yet, every time I posted, I Continue reading
The Life Argotic 