Folks are gonna try their damnedest to reframe recent anti-racism protests as being about gun control as opposed to state violence so we can pretend that taking steps to prevent the next Parkland is the same as preventing the next Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Ferguson.
the political future is right here – with kids just like these. don't educate them for obedience & passivity. educate them for action and social change.
Excellent professional development opportunity at Supt’s Seminar w/Dr. Sonya Horsford, author of Learning in a Burning House. #APSBlackHeritage#APSisAwesome
Maxine always dropped science; about education, about democracy, about the transformative value of public spaces where young people could shape the future. Can we please drop the 21st century skills jargon and start focusing on the practice of engaged citizenship? #democracynow
Dewey anticipated "gamification" >100 yrs ago, talked about covering a useless task "w/sugar-coating to conceal its barrenness" - vs. projects based on kids' Qs & experiences where "no device or trick of method [is needed] to enlist 'interest'"
🤔- Slavery. Segregation. Slaughter of indigenous people. Internment of the Japanese. Seriously @thehill - you are blinded by your whiteness. https://t.co/I8qJpYnVSa