YAM: See Them Rise Up (Measureless 9/15)
Dr. Ernie
But once I taught them to move / They had to model reality / To predict their next steps / And balance conflicting goals…
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The Practical Wisdom of Living Virtuously
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; I recently ran outside in the middle of the night with a baseball bat to chase away an intruder who was obviously trying to do mischief.My neighbors are torn over whether I was courageous or foolhardy.Several have expressed the feeling...
Playing With Social Arrangements
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; When the two boys played alone, they tended toward the art table where they would chatter their way through works of art that involved action -- superheroes mostly. Or maybe they would claim a corner of the rug where they built a fort or...
"There is No Evidence That Children Learn Through Play"
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; An early childhood educator recently told me that if "playwork" was a viable career option in the US, she would have pursued that rather than "play-based preschool teacher."I get it. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to work with...
Knowing How to Play This Game
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; "Wait a minute! I know how to play this game."The children were standing around a table upon which were the tokens, dice and other parts and pieces from the board games Monopoly and The Game of Life. The night before, I had discovered,...
"Since We're Neighbors, Let's Be Friends"
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; For the past several years, I've been limiting my news consumption to about 5 hours of local news a week, usually "watched" while I'm preparing dinner. Yesterday, there was a story about a nearby town's preparations for the nation's...
Turning Tension into Triumph: Techniques for Tough Conversations
AbdulFattaah Popoola
Introduction I dreaded interacting with Lagbaja1 – the slightest slip could trigger undesirable consequences. So I tiptoed around eggshells – carefully choosing the right words, time, and place to avoid exhausting misunderstandings. At other times, I was Lagbaja, lashing out emotionally and...
The World Will Look Upon You As Wild Beasts
Your name
Debates over January 6, 2021 often founder on the basic question of how “serious” the insurrectionists really were. While many analysts are at least minimally willing to admit that Trump instigated the mob to attack, they still ask whether was all just a product of mass delusion. The mobbing is...