Refugee Stories
Thanks to the Transatlantic Outreach Program and the Fulbright fellowship I participated in, I’ve been able to bring many lessons back to my students in […]
Thanks to the Transatlantic Outreach Program and the Fulbright fellowship I participated in, I’ve been able to bring many lessons back to my students in […]
My Love/Hate Relationship With Student Chromebooks This article originally appeared in Literacy Daily, the International Literacy Association’s blog. I looked at the pile of Chromebooks on […]
I’ve had the chance to meet with students and teachers at three German schools during this TOP Tour. I’ve learned a lot, so this is […]
So I guess it’s too soon to take another year off (or is it?). In the meantime, I’ve been researching and applying to a few […]
I spent three full days at the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference in San Francisco. It was my first NCSS conference and […]
This is the final post in my series about the Mae Ra Moe refugee camp where I taught for three weeks. I taught autobiographical poetry […]
It’s 7:45 in the morning, Eminem is blaring on the speakers throughout the plaza and nearby streets, there are hundreds of school children and parents […]
A Warm Welcome The school year ends in a few weeks in the Philippines, but I was able to visit a small school near San […]
Learning Luc Bat “Luc bat” is a traditional form of Vietnamese poetry that I have been researching. I chose to study this as one of […]
If you don’t read any further, just watch this 13-second video of 10th graders reacting to your comments on the Where I’m From poetry sharing […]