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Building on the Wonders of Childhood
Inspirations from Italy – Reggio Emilia
This spring I had the opportunity to travel, with a group of colleagues from my graduate program at Portland State University, to Reggio Emilia, Italy to tour the schools. While I have many thoughts to share about my trip, I want to focus on teacher preparation in a...
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Threshold of Imagination
One of my cherished childhood memories was working on my all-time favorite activity: building forts. I dove into a process of adding several layers of bedsheets combined with a set of mix-and-match chairs, creating an impervious stronghold. There was something really...
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Creating LGBTQ+ Schools Resources
PREFACE:This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "Creating LGBTQ+ and Gender-Inclusive Schools: A Human Rights Campaign" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these...
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Indigenizing Edu – Resources
PREFACE:This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "Indigenizing Education: A Discussion of Early Learning in Native America" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these...
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Recruiting Male Teachers Resources
PREFACE: This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "No Place for Men? Attracting More Males to ECE" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these resources. On this page, we...
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Multiple Learning Styles
“Until you can recognize that you are living a racialized life and you’re having racialized experiences every moment of every day, you can’t actually engage people of other races around the idea of justice” – Whitney DowAs our schools become more diverse,...
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I Need A White Ally
I don’t need a white savior. I need a white ally.As a person of color working in a predominately white city, state, and region, I’m often asked by my white colleagues “How can I be a stronger ally?” In any given year, those 7 little words would simply...
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SES and Class Identity Resources
PREFACE:This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, youth advocates and attendees of "Can We Talk About Socioeconomic Status and Class?" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these resources. On this page, we...
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