The non-profit organization for whom I work, National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA) actively engages in Amplifying Student Voice . The videos in this link capture adolescent voices in Newark Public Schools, one of our collaboratives. Amplifying Student Voice is one of the seven high operational practices that ground our work (Jackson, 2011, The Pedagogy of Confidence). Also highlighted here, is our work with Redwood City in the Bay Area. We believe that when students are provided a platform for their voices to be heard, they have much to teach us. Through this lens, I was interested to see this article from KQED Education. See the link below. KQED Education asked middle and high school students from all around the country to submit audio or video commentaries about election issues that matter most to them. The Let’s Talk About Election 2020 Youth Media Challenge received over 500 submissions so far, and many of them in Spanish! It’s no surpr...
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Ok Friends: I'm starting a blog instead of Facebook. Here, I will be posting my musings. Mainly focused on Education and Social Justice. I'm sharing with you why I left Facebook. I have been thinking about it for awhile, but this article pushed me into this direction The other thing is that although I have enjoyed sharing resources with all of my educator friends, sharing memories with family, the toxic climate of facebook has forced this decision to leave facebook. I truly believe that facebook is culpable in our current divisive climate. So! My plan is to use this space to continue to engage with you and share resources we will see how it goes. Love you all, Maria