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Reflections on Race in the Urban Classroom
In a thoughtful first person narrative, Janice Jones describes her inadvertent "silencing" of the only white student in a class of primarily African American and Latino students. An example of the power of a teacher's personal reflection on classroom practice, this essay might serve as a…
Lee Anne Bell Counters the "Stock Stories" of Race and Racism
This article by Art Peterson describes how Lee Anne Bell, author of Storytelling for Social Justice, explores the tension between stock stories and counter or concealed stories in order to develop an anti-racist pedagogy. As Peterson notes, "Bell's purpose is not only to expose the myths…
The Write Time with Author Tina Cane and Educator Janelle Bence
This episode of The Write Time features Rhode Island's former Poet Laureate Tina Cane and Texas educator Janelle Bence. Tina's poetry has been featured in a variety of publications and her second verse novel for young readers, <em>Are You Nobody Too?</em>, was released in August 2024.
Write Now Teacher Studio
Where teachers write, share, and talk shop about writing and the teaching of writing
Hosted by the National Writing Project, the Write Now Teacher Studio is an open, online community of educators for educators. It’s a place to write together, examine our teaching, create and refine curricula, and work toward ever more effective and equitable practices to create confident, creative, and critical thinkers and writers in our classrooms and courses.