CTRL+Z: Undoing and Rethinking Power and Student Voice in the Classroom | How virtual teaching led to centering student voice and choice by sharing power. | 2022 |
The Power of Compassionate Leadership: Interviewing Principal Marcy Leonard | In a reflective conversation with my principal, I uncover how her leadership has supported teaching and learning during a time of crisis. | 2021 |
Unexpected Achievements: Teaching English Language Learners in a Remote Environment | The surprising benefits of virtual teaching strategies on the learning of a group of ELL students. | 2021 |
The Case for Resubmissions: Building a Values-Driven Assessment System in your Classroom | Designing revision opportunities that are effective yet sustainable? Start with your values. | 2021 |
less than | A teacher reflects on his own experience with educational tracking. | 2021 |
The Impact of Stealing Conflict | What is the impact of a system that constantly steals conflict? And why should systems of accountability reconsider this approach? | 2020 |
Collective Action: A View from the 2019 Chicago Teachers’ Union Strike | Going on strike as a Chicago teacher. | 2020 |
A Recipe for Planning an NGSS Storyline: Curiosity, Persistence, Reflection and a Library of Resources | Creating culturally-relevant, place-based learning opportunities to support equity and develop science skills. | 2020 |
Lessons in Language | A look at language use in my science classroom through an inquiry lens. | 2020 |
Professional Development: Collaboratively Prototyping Science Classroom Tasks | We self-organized a professional development experience to increase our skills in integrating engineering design and computational thinking tasks into our physics classrooms. | 2018 |