DJEC is a community education journal focused on topics of education in the greater Denver area. By engaging in community discourse, and connecting this content to scholarship and policy, DJEC hopes to contribute to local education thinking by offering a balanced and well-informed perspective.
Working Together To Make Change Student perspective By | Rosine Niyoyishura The whole world stopped, and also most importantly, the controversial teaching mechanisms that have been in tact within the educational system in America— also stopped or should I say woefully reigned in? As a student within this educational system Read more…
Working Together To Make Change Personal perspective By | Vanessa Quintana Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled us to make countless adjustments to our lives as we yearn for normalcy. The pandemic related protocols and the grave educational injustices illuminated by this crisis has elicited opinions from educators, parents, students, and Read more…
Working Together To Make Change Editorial perspective By | Ali Larson There is no question that nearly every facet of society has been impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. People across the globe have had to not only adapt to new ways of operating, Read more…
Learning about “American” Ideologies, Values, and Identities in Public Schools Antwan Jefferson, PhD I was a first grader at Wythe Elementary School in Hampton, Virginia in 1983. Each morning, following the school announcements, we stood up, turned our bodies in the direction of the US flag hanging in the front Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Learning “American” in schools: a fork in the road By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Being an American is a complex and multifaceted experience. Identifying and teaching what it means to Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Educator perspective By | Yuri Kim The brilliant Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reveals “The Danger of a Single Story” in her TED Talk of that name (2009). Adichie argues about how Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Scholar perspective By | Jarrod Hanson, PhD The connection between the educational system in the US and the idea of being or becoming an “American” is complex, and that is illustrated by Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Student perspective By | Lameese Makkawi When thinking about what it means to be an American, I have to be honest and say that I don’t think of the title fondly. Growing Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Personal perspective By | Ryan Chambers The ideals of what it means to be an American in experience, versus the idea of it, have always been conflicting for me. As the main Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Editorial perspective By | Spencer Childress, EdD Those with red and blue affiliations, or those with agendas based in finance and power, make declarations all too often about what it means to Read more…
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