by Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides & Carlin Borsheim-Black, authors of Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students Right now, both of us are hearing from a lot of people in our lives, including local teachers and former teacher candidates, asking us what …
Reflections on the Minneapolis Uprising and Anti-Racist Parenting by Erin Dyke
Today’s blog post comes from Erin Dyke. Erin is an assistant professor of curriculum studies in the School for Teaching and Curriculum Leadership at Oklahoma State University. Her research focuses on pedagogies of social movement spaces; social justice, abolitionist, and decolonial movements in education; and …
May #OpenWrite: “Right Words at the Right Time”
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
May #OpenWrite: “Turn From”
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
May #OpenWrite: “The Way I Felt”
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
May #OpenWrite: The Duplex Form
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
May #OpenWrite: “I remember”
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Last Quarantine Class: Writing, Grief, and Tiny Miracles
Well, friends, last night was the final meeting of classes for me at OSU, wrapping up my first year of teaching English ed full time. We, our writing methods course, ended with an open mic. Students (preservice teachers) read pieces from their journals — writing …
Day 30 of 30: Congratulations
Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. We have drawn from the mentorship of our daily hosts and the poets and poetry that inspired them: Glenda Funk, …
Day 29 of 30: #verselove with Jessica & Kole
Jessica and Kole are preservice teachers at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma majoring in secondary education with a minor in English. Jessica hopes to one day become a high school English teacher in a rural setting. She just began a job at the Child …