The frightening effect of ‘Trump Talk’ on America’s schools.
The Washington Post, November 6, 2016.
This conversation starter comments on how to handle the post-2016 explosion in hate incidents plaguing our schools.
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“Commentary: For Young San Diegans, Choosing Freedom Over Fear is Not About Republican or Democrat Politics.”
San Diego Union Tribune, May 9, 2019.
This conversation starter shares the #USvsHate project in San Diego in its 2019 context.
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“We’re All More Connected to Immigrants – and Immigration Policy – Than We Think.”
Des Moines Register, July 20, 2019
This piece explores and rejects anti-immigrant sentiment that pervades our local communities.
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“The Perils of Warning Teachers about ‘Political’ and ‘Partisan’ Speech.”
In Meira Levinson and Jacob Fay, ed., Ethical Dilemmas of Democratic Education: Cases and Commentaries. Harvard Education Press, 2019.
This piece is a conversation starter about how calling much of teachers’ speech on controversial social issues “political” or even “partisan” can chill classroom discussion of crucial issues of our time. Standing up for facts and engaging the world we live in is not partisan.
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Overcoming Hate in Our Backyards. Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Schools, November 29, 2017.
This conversation starter, focused on my own community of San Diego, talks about uniting every community to overcome “hate” in its backyard.
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Standing Up Against Hate.
Teaching Tolerance, 2017.
This piece makes the case that standing up against hate and for facts is not “partisan” at all, but a longstanding educator responsibility.
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“Responding to Hateful Speech in Schools.”
Educational Leadership ASCD blog, February 25, 2019.
After the 2016 election, schools across the country experienced a wave of explicit, emboldened bigotry and harassment. This “hate” requires response. This piece walks through how educators can respond to “hateful speech” in schools.
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It Takes a Network to Raise a Child: Improving the Communication Infrastructure of Public Education to Enable Community Cooperation in Young People’s Success.
Teachers College Record, July 2013.
This article explores findings from The OneVille Project, a collective community exploration into technology’s role in student supports. See also wiki.oneville.org.
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Texting as a Channel for Personalized Youth Support: Participatory Design Research by City Youth and Teachers.
Learning Media and Technology, June 2013.
This article shares findings on a study with Uche Amaechi, two teachers, and their students, on the potential benefits of (monitored) student-teacher texting for supporting students on the brink of dropout. I embedded these findings in Chapter 6 of Schooltalk (Life Talk).
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Pursuing Deep Equity in “Blended” Classrooms
Teachers College Record, 2019.
This article written with colleagues at CREATE explored the role of in-person teachers in supporting low-income students as they used online material in summer courses. We name six key “teacher roles”–six crucial ways teachers supported students. A good conversation-starter as people consider tech use, equity and the essential role of teachers.