Conflicto con el canon: Lectura necesaria que no cuenta las historias de mis alumnos

here’s where it gets tricky: these books, as important as they are, often don’t speak to the realities of my students’ lives.

Empujar a los estudiantes con dificultades hacia oficios puede ser una receta para el desastre

There’s this idea floating around that if a kid isn’tcollege material,” we should just push them into the trades. Después de todo, trades are supposed to be the easier, more practical option, Derecha? It’s a convenient way to shuffle struggling students off the academic path and into something “las manos en,” but let’s be real: this mentality […]