Topic: Heinemann Fellows

In what ways are certain topics treated as taboo in our classrooms and why? How often do we avoid talking and writing about race because we fear what others might say? If we avoid controversial issues, how will our students learn how to have civic discussion of such issues?

We use mathematical notation because it strips away all the extraneous information and helps us communicate as directly as we can about mathematical ideas. We couldn’t live in a world where all quantities were represented with dots or hash marks. We need abstract representations of numbers.

As principals, we tend to think a lot about the big moments like staff meetings, welcome-back letters, and assemblies. But, in truth, leadership doesn’t happen in grand gestures

it’s a sad but common belief among teachers and students that math manipulatives are a crutch to be outgrown and an intervention to be used only when necessary.

Sadness grew to rage as I looked at the children in my family who live in Arizona and wondered, whose histories will they learn?

Experience is what matters. Experience may be the best teacher, but does it get in the way of some of the best teaching?

Reading and writing can be powerful tools for agency and liberation, which is why making sure our practices are grounded in inclusion is so important.

But what really mattered was watching how these math visuals worked in my own classroom with my own students. So, don’t take my word for it . . .

On The Heinemann Podcast today, the need for and needs of teachers of color.

I often wondered whether I was being an instructional leader. That is what I was aiming for, but how was I to know if I had gotten there?

I know why so many teachers leave the profession in their first five years. The Blahs. For me, the Blahs come in October.

In this PLC series, we examine ways to make our literary classroom practices inclusive for English Language Learners.

PLC Series: Advocacy, Not Neutrality

Heinemann Fellow Hollis Scott on The Power of Thinking Routines

Heinemann Fellow Tiana Silvas on Fostering Empathy and Understanding Among Students

Heinemann Fellow Chris Hall on Building a Culture of Revision

This is What Segregation Looks Like, and How Heinemann Fellow Dr. Kim Parker is Working to Change It

Heinemann Fellow Anna Osborn: "Hurry Up September!"