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I’ve been busy the past couple of weeks sharing advice (and acting on it myself) for how teachers might respond to President Trump’s actions (see I’ve Written Three Ed Week Colum…
American poet Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902. One lesson that I’ve used for years with Intermediate English Language Learners is reading his poem, The Ballad of the Landlord a…
February 1st is the anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. As a local television station describes it: On Feb. 1, 1960, four black students at N.C. A&T sat down at the segregated lunch c…
As many teachers know, fear of ICE is widespread in immigrant communities right now, and it’s understandable. These red cards are incredibly popular, and my students take many for thei…
Every January 30th is officially Fred Korematsu Day in California. Here’s some background on it from YES Magazine: In 1942, 23 year-old shipyard welder Fred Korematsu refused to join over 12…
I know I’m biased, but I think these three columns offer lots of practical advice to educators: With Trump in Office, Schools Should Ask Themselves These Questions 10 Actions Teachers …
Trump’s Executive Orders Are Coming Fast. Here’s What Teachers Can Do is the headline of my latest Education Week column. This is part two to my post last week, and shares 10 MORE actions te…
The Trump White House issued a hot mess of an Executive Order this after titled Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. It’s as awful as you probably think it is. I don’…
President Trump has frozen federal grants. As of this writing, states are planning to sue to halt his arbitrary actions but, for now, here’s how Dana Goldstein from the NY Times summarizes it…
The Washington Post just published Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests. You can read more here about the problems with law enforcement quotas.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is in the news, with President Trump issuing an Executive Order claiming it does not support birthright citizenship, and many states filing a succ…
This new CNN story, Advocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US, shares the Trump administration’s latest attack on immigrants, and it highlights imp…
A substantially revised version of one of my previous posts here just appeared in Education Week, and it’s become very popular. Check out 10 Actions Teachers Can Take Now That Trump Is…