Conflicts with "Closure" - Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC)
Closure is a safe word. We think of closure and we think of putting trauma and violence into a box, sealing it up tight, filing...
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Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission Blog
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13th May 2016
Triumph and Terror: Teaching Gerda Weissmann Klein's Story - Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC)
Gerda Weissmann Klein is an author, advocate, and motivational speaker. She has written biographies, children's books, and television scripts. She fights relentlessly for disability rights,...
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Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission Blog
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7th April 2016
Processing Remembrance: National Genocide Memorial Day in Rwanda - Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC)
For this blog in honor of National Genocide Memorial Day in Rwanda, which marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide on April...
Counseling Today
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1st February 2016
Ross Trust Future School Counselors Essay Contest
The current problems facing our society seem to be growing more overwhelming by the day. It can feel impossible to affect change when our oppressive...
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Educators in Solidarity
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8th January 2016
The Danger of Being Crazy Busy
While reading, I came to this sudden realization that sometimes when I’m overworking and exhausting myself in my job or in my activism, it’s because...
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Educators in Solidarity
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22nd August 2015
New School-Year Resolutions
Although most of the country celebrates New Year’s on , the New Year for educators rolls around in early August, when teachers, administrators, counselors, and...
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Una Ruptura
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12th August 2014
On the Death of Michael Brown
It was my birthday this weekend: August 9th, 2014. I got lots of messages and texts and voicemails from friends and acquaintances telling me how...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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24th February 2014
To Quit or Not To Quit: That is the Question
In recent news, there has been a barrage of videos, letters, and articles from educators around the country – explaining in no uncertain terms why...
Policy Mic
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30th April 2013
Trends in Education 2013: This is How Texas Wastes $90 Million a Year
Last Wednesday, my 7th graders took their Reading STAAR: sitting in silent rows for 4 hours, bubbling in their scantrons, going to the bathroom one...
Policy Mic
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18th April 2013
Michelle Rhee Cheating Scandal: Partially Her Fault?
Michelle Rhee is as controversial as ever when it comes to education. Supporters insist she makes tough decisions for schools and puts “students first.” Detractors...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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14th April 2013
Teach for America: A Terrific Model for Expansion!
Since Teach for America has been so successful at solving the problems of education in our country, I’m proposing we take their model and apply...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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8th April 2013
I’m Angry
I’m angry because, after a weekend of careful planning, after differentiating an assignment for students who have mastered skills at different levels, after catching up...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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10th February 2013
Ramblings About Michelle Rhee
Just finished watching Jon Stewart’s interview with Michelle Rhee. She mostly focused on specific policies she highlights in her new book — teacher evaluation, “accountability,”...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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29th January 2013
Teachers as Activists Part One: Little “p” politics
Recently, I attend a meeting of the Austin Social Justice Teachers Inquiry Group, during which we talked about… politics. A scary word in a school....
Cooperative Catalyst
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31st December 2012
Four Resolutions from Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed has been on my book list for years, and I finally got around to reading it a few weeks...
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Cooperative Catalyst
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14th December 2012
Why Not Teach For America
Well, it’s about that time of year — when seniors start frantically applying for fellowships and internships and jobs, the socially conscious among them aching...
