Growing Up Unvaccinated. A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur. “Schools are segregated because white people want them that way" “Schools are segregated because white people want them that way. ...
We won't fix this problem until we really wrestle with that fact.” The Magic of One-Pagers. Recalculating: A High School Teacher’s Venture into Standards-Based Grading. Over the past two decades (almost), it would periodically occur to me that the grades I assigned my students did not necessarily reflect their level of skill.
Ten points off here. Ten points added there. A zero for this assignment. A 110/100 for that assignment. Such arbitrary numbers, it would seem. Then one day I walked out of my school late in the afternoon and saw my curriculum coordinator, Khristie Goodwin, standing on the front steps, deep in thought. Fast forward a year, and here I am writing this blog post. A3) Your argument is Beyonce, and the sources are her backup dancers. The sources should NEVER overshadow or control Queen Bey. #APLangChat… The Jigsaw Method Teaching Strategy. The “Jigsaw Method” is a teaching strategy of organizing student group work that helps students collaborate and rely on one another.
This teaching strategy is effective for accomplishing multiple tasks at once and for giving students a greater sense of individual responsibility. Here is the basic way this popular teaching strategy is used in classrooms: Students are broken down into groups. Each student within the group is assigned a specific role or task. As the group works, students contribute their role/task to the group’s overall efforts. With this simple approach to group work, each individual has something unique to contribute to their group’s outcome. The Jigsaw Teaching Strategy’s Advantages The jigsaw method allows the teacher to break students into groups and assignments into smaller pieces, all for accomplishing tasks with more detail and collaboration.
Out humorous look at the truth about back to school time for teachers. A Simple 6-Step Process. Poetry Matters (and not just in April) Poetry is alive.
It surrounds us, breathing life into our Instagram feeds, popping up as videos on Facebook, nestling into our daily lives. If you follow the conversation on Twitter around #teachlivingpoets you’ve likely been introduced to poems from writers like Sarah Kay, Clint Smith, and Rupi Kaur. According to a study released from the National Endowment for the Arts, 28 million adults said they read poetry last year — a 5% increase from just four years ago.
According to the market research firm The NPD Group, poetry book sales are one of the fastest growing categories in publishing. Royce Da 5’9” Speaks on Mac Miller Death, Drug Abuse And Labels. Royce Da 5’9” took to Instagram Wednesday (Sept. 12) to speak to his 500,000 followers who mourned the recent death of his friend Mac Miller.
He also reflected on his journey to sobriety as today marks the sixth anniversary that the Detroit rapper successfully combated alcoholism. The lyricist was in high spirits today as seen by his three Instagram videos of him driving when he thanked all of his fans for the love and support. He discussed how much of a “bittersweet moment” it was for his friend Miller to pass away. The 41-year-old featured Miller on the 2014 album he did with DJ Premier under the duo name PRhyme. Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, brings diversity to VC. Backstage in the greenroom of the podcast festival where she’s scheduled to appear, Arlan Hamilton is quietly singing the lyrics to Janet Jackson’s “Control.”
She’d like to walk on stage as the song plays, but the festival crew has copyright concerns. So instead, she is shimmying offstage in her chair, half-humming the chorus under her breath: “I’m in control / Never gonna stop / Control / To get what I want / Control / I like to have a lot.” Like everything Hamilton does, the song request is equal parts self-aware and unapologetic. Why does our brain needs at least 8 hugs a day? Our Idea of Healthy Eating Excludes Other Cultures, and That's a Problem. Google the term “examples of healthy recipes” and you’ll notice there’s very little variety in what healthy eating looks like, and that the definition of "healthy" is pretty narrow.
To be more specific, you’ll see recipes and meals that are considered mainstream for white, non-immigrant Americans. When healthy eating is presented through a Eurocentric lens the implication is that other cultures’ foods are not as healthy. What you see online reflects popular attitudes about healthy eating—lots of kale, green smoothies, and quinoa. These popular ideas are often what dietitians are trained to see as healthy, too.
When I was in college studying to become a registered dietitian I was taught that the MyPlate way of eating—filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables like broccoli and berries and the other half with an even split of protein like chicken and grains like rice or quinoa—was the gold standard of healthy eating. Can You Get Addicted to Pot? Aretha Franklin’s American Soul.