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Marginal Syllabus (January)—Revising Resistance: A Step Toward Student-Centered Activism

 

Our January reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus recounts how Alex Corbitt, the author and former middle school educator, employed “radically student-centered” pedagogy as part of a teen activism course. In his Voices from the Middle article, Corbitt describes how he reimagined an elective course in order to situate and support students as activists.


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The Grapple Series: Exploring the Intersections of Artificial Intelligence & Humanity


Join educators from the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project & The CMU CREATE Lab in exploring the impact and implications of artificial intelligence and new technologies for education and for the communities you serve. Begins: January 23

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Developing Youth Voice With Audio & Video Commentaries


Want to get your students talking about the 2020 election? Help them create high-quality audio and video commentaries for the KQED Youth Media Challenge: Let’s Talk About Election 2020, co-hosted by the National Writing Project and PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. You'll walk through the challenge guidelines and resources, and make an audio or video commentary of your own that you can share with your students as a model.

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Apply Now for Human Rights and Social Justice Summer Seminar


The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (TOLI) invites educators to apply for an eleven-day summer seminar that is open to 25 middle school, high school, and college educators from across the United States. The seminar will be held from June 20–July 1. Led by Sondra Perl and Jennifer Lemberg, the seminar encourages teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about how they teach the Holocaust, genocide, and social justice.
Registration Deadline: February 15

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Writing Not to Win But to Learn at Oakland Unified School District


"During a political campaign, winning matters. But once in office, elected leaders in a democracy need to switch mindsets and work with others to make policy and govern. Research writing is more akin to governing than campaigning. Students need to consider the evidence and empathize with other perspectives in order to reach a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of the issue at hand."

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