Working Together To Make Change Scholar perspective By | Dane Stickney In reading the piece by Allan Tellis, DJEC’s Chier Writer, the following line stuck with me: “Students have a particularly good vantage point to assess what is going well within the educational system as well as what is not.” 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…
Setting new priorities for public education Scholar Perspective By | Danielle Walker Planting the Seeds of Liberation The global COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the very roots of the US educational system. US education at its roots is traditional, rigid, and quite frankly designed for White students. Therefore, this system has Read more…
Adjusting to new social and educational realitiesScholar PerspectiveBy | Willam Anderson The US experience with the COVID-19 pandemic (itself resulting in the loss of more than 210,000 lives) has come with a laundry list of other challenges: economic and employment catastrophe, social isolation, schools in disarray, and a restructuring of Read more…
Examining the politics of public education: ValuesScholar PerspectiveBy | Manuel Espinoza, PhD I have read closely the summary of community responses to the question: What values (interests) do you see reflected in public education in the area? I take no issue with the responses. I am content to let them Read more…
Community Vision for Education of ChildrenScholar PerspectiveBy | Amy Ferrell, PhD Education is the process of becoming ourselves. On this journey of becoming, individuals come into contact with the inner sacredness that affirms their supreme worth, doing so in community through the driving force of love (hooks, 2012; Vanier, 2008). Read more…
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