Adventures in Learning

A blog about Learning, about Education, about reform, about change, about what it means to teach. I am trying to ask the question "Why we educate" and what my answer means to me as a teacher and how my role shapes society and the whole.

educatedtodeath:

#education #k12chat #jobs

Landing a teaching job in these economic times can be a perilous task. Districts are facing budget cuts and hiring freezes galore. I’ve had the experience of moving around a bit over the past few years which has meant scrambling around for teaching jobs. Here are some…

tomesawayfromhome said: The thing that I find a little sad is that the women I know who are the most powerful forces in education will never have fancy head-shots taken, or books published. They’re just in their classrooms, plugging away, doing what’s best for kids.

This project is not just about big name authors or philosophers, a number of these women are classroom teachers. Some are not published, some blog, some don’t. 

Part of this project is to show that being a teacher is worthy of celebration.

Vivian Gussin Paley was a early education and kindergarten teacher, her books are filled with her reflection of actually doing what is best for students. She was dismissed, at the time, but  is now seen as a scholar and even has books written about her. 

I think teachers should go public with their teaching. Part of the reason it is so easy to attack teachers in the media is because it is not seen as a serious profession. Many of these great women and many more not mentioned yet, have helped to change that.

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monstersneedlove:

My guest post/submission/whatever I did for How To Drop Out Of High School was featured in the #education tag!

Look at it here!

How To Drop Out Of High School is a great blog looking at the positives of “unschooling” and, well…dropping out of school.  Obviously I’m not planning on doing that—but she shares some great perspectives that the conventional school system often overlooks.  I’d highly recommend you check it out.

It was a great post! I am glad I could share it! We need more student voices in the education community!

Research has also shown the black students are disciplined more severely than white students, even when they commit offenses that are less serious. The National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado reported (PDF) that more than 30 percent of black students caught using, or in possession of, a cell phone for the first time were suspended. The rate for white students who committed the same infraction was just 17 percent.

Zenobia Barlow is a nationally known pioneer in creating models of schooling for sustainability. Co-founder and executive director of the Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL), she has designed strategies for applying ecological and indigenous understanding in K-12 education, including “Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability,” “Rethinking School Lunch,” and the “Food Systems Project.” She is a contributor to the Center for Ecoliteracy’s new book, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability (Fall 2009, Watershed Media/UC Press). She also co-edited Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (2005) and co-authored Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain (2000). Prior to joining the CEL, Barlow was editor of an international publishing company, a university program director, and executive director of The Elmwood Institute, an ecological think tank. She travels widely as a documentary photographer.

Gail is a Kalamazoo College professor, and a scholar with wide-reaching interests, including women’s studies and Victorian culture. She received her Bachelor’s in English at Northwestern in 1972, and then went on to get her Master’s and doctorate in English at University of Virginia in 1974 and 1977, respectively. She took a professor job at Kalamazoo College within a month of finishing her doctorate, and has been teaching there ever since. She teaches a range of classes at Kalamazoo, including Victorian literature, Creative Nonfiction, and women’s studies courses. She has published two books of essays, Calling: Essays on Teaching in the Mother Tongue (1992) and Season of the Witch: Border Lines, Marginal Notes (1995), as well as poetry and various academic articles.

What is your favorite book on education?

Take a picture of you and your favorite education book then photo reply!

Meet Line Dalile, A young leader and a great voice on education transformation! This is her new blog!

thefictionwriter:

This segment in my series of the School to Prison Pipeline is on the influence that the military has on our school systems.

During my research I have found that there are actually two known military generals that have actually been superintendents of our schools. The first is former General…

artdreamsdloitz:

Funky Town

2010

David Loitz

Pen and Marker on paper

Part of Cities series

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marshmallowmegamama:

Only five days left to support youth media makers in Detroit! THey need to hit $5,000—they’ve already raised $1,485!

I know tumblr can help with this. $5000 IS NOT A THING ON TUMBLR Y’ALL!!!!!

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Help Fund this great Youth/education group! I have followed there work for a while! Really worth helping!

paulallison:

You don’t want to miss these Keynote Speakers:

regndoft:

The Middle Ages was a very exciting time in Europe.

He should just have a bag of salt!

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