Box of delight

As educators, we have a responsibility to provide learning environments that support our students holistically. Because we can never know the full extent of everything that’s weighing on them, we should be proactive in this support for every child, and one way to do that is to intentionally practice and come to embody trauma-responsive educational practices in each choice that we make.As educators, we have a responsibility to provide learning environments that support our students holistically. Because we can never know the full extent of everything that’s weighing on them, we should be proactive in this support for every child, and one way to do that is to intentionally practice and come to embody trauma-responsive educational practices in each choice that we make.

Google, Wikipedia, social media. Computers, tablets, smartphones. Facts, opinions, lies. Oh my! Our children have more an

In 1999, I was a young history teacher at a diverse urban high school, pushing my students to read and write at pre-collegiate levels. One day, a group of kids came to lodge a complaint: "Why aren't we getting honors credit for this course? We're working so hard!" So I did what any scrappy young teacher who cares about equity might do: I tried to create an honors option within my course. I studied the state requirements, stayed up late to write a proposal, and brought it to the assistant principal in charge of scheduling.