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The power to disagree: Building trust in teacher-powered schools
This blog post was orginally posted as part of a blogging roundtable in collaboration with the Center for Teaching Quality. I remember sitting alongside Ayla Gavins, the principal of Mission […]
Modeling democracy in Teacher-Powered Schools
This blog post was orginally posted as part of a blogging roundtable in collaboration with the Center for Teaching Quality. The Teacher-Powered Schools Initiative is a movement of groundbreaking educators: […]
From the Community, For the Community
If you asked Hermilo—a former student at the School of Social Justice—what he was proudest of, he would tell you that it was the fact that he would be the […]
Keeping students at the center at Urban Assembly for Green Careers in NYC
“Look around. Strongman politics are ascendant suddenly, whereby elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained — the form of it — but those in power seek to undermine every […]
Having the power to disagree: Building trust in teacher-powered schools
I remember sitting alongside Ayla Gavins, the principal of Mission Hill K-8 School, a teacher-powered school where I was working as a student teacher. A month in and I was […]
Rooted in Adventure
At Jane Goodall Environmental Sciences Academy (JGESA), our motto is, “Out of the Classroom and into the World.” We promote the ideal of a limitless classroom rather than a confining […]
Teacher-powered schools, from vicious cycles to virtuous circles
As a teacher I have always felt empowered, and the base of that power has been the voice of my students. Twenty years ago, I was lucky to start my […]
The benefits of hosting and visiting schools
Testimony from two teacher-powered ambassadors from across the country, Julie Cook of Souderton Charter School Collaborative in Souderton, PA, and Deyonne Jackson of Woods Learning Center in Casper, WY. Interested […]
“Are They Too Young?”
“In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles… the entry of […]
My life as a Teacher-Powered Researcher
Earlier this year, Julie Cook published a compelling post about her complicated relationship with teaching—one that ultimately led her to a long-term career at Souderton Charter School Collaborative. I was […]