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Why Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Working Through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy

Ellsworth

1989

Demonstrates the issues of implementing education for liberation, and provides a critique for "empowerment."

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Joelle is a mother and teacher. INFP, chaotic good, Virgo, skeptic. AP Literature teacher. Views are my own.

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Reimagining public middle schools in Western Michigan.

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Listening and learning from 400+ young people & educators.

Theresa Walter

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Theresa is a progressive English teacher and department chairperson who looks to make human connections with all her students and teachers.

Does Assessment Stymie Curiosity?

November 4, 2024

How can we ignite and inspire curiosity-driven, authentic learning?

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A Dialogue: Is The Gradeless Revolution Upon Us?

April 22, 2024

Two English teachers talk about a radical choice — dropping grades altogether.

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Building Community and Trust In A Gradeless Classroom

October 20, 2021

Investment in relationships supports student voice and agency while fostering trust.

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The Surprise Growth in an Ungrading Practice: My Own

August 5, 2021

I found more growth in my own practice than I ever anticipated in my first full year of abandoning traditional grading systems.

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Going Gradeless This Year? Just Thinking About It? Start Here.

August 5, 2021

Try these 3 strategies to get gradeless assessment practices going in your classes.

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Gradeless: An English Teacher’s Journey Towards Agency Through Feedback

March 19, 2021

I knew I wanted to do my best to represent student growth in the most accurate way I possibly could. While I know my methods are far from perfect, I have seen remarkable growth and a complete shift in focus in my students.

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I think there's a common misconception that school is the only thing that matters. And the school system makes a lot of people feel like if they're not doing the best academically or kind of meeting the limit, then maybe they're not going to do as well later in life or maybe there's something wrong with them. I feel like that's a whole, really incorrect kind of idea that's perpetuated by the school system.

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