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.
At-risk children.” This term is often used interchangeably with “poor children and children of color.” I have several problems with this one. The first one is obvious: ALL children are at risk. ALL. The second is sneakier: it makes it sound as though there is something about the kids, some deficiency, that makes them “at-risk.” Barring a medical condition, children are not born “at-risk,” but many of them are born into risky environments. Surround every kid with love and exciting things to learn and they won’t be any more “at-risk” than the rest.
