transformative teacher

In Texas, there are many who see lynching as a form of Texas Justice, with romantics ideas of cowboys and lawmen and the wicked carpet baggers. This is history is taught in our schools and lived and, like Ida said, the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

This article explores how blogging served as a teaching and learning tool about diversity and inequity in English education. It analyzes the blog writings of two preservice teachers who used their blogs as a space to encourage themselves and their peers to consider racial, linguistic, and other forms of diversity and inequality, and what these issues meant for English education. The analysis advances understandings of the potentials and limits of blogs to foster dialogue and knowledge building among preservice teachers in relation to diversity and inequality in education.

"I had to borrow your language because mine was stolen. You can't expect me to speak your history wholly while mine is Broken. These words are spoken  by someone who fed up with the Eurocentric ideal of the season and the reason I speak a composite version of your language is mine was ripped away along with my history..." Jamila Lyiscott

Here is a list of readings that educators can use to broach conversations in the classroom about the horrendous events that unfolded in Charleston, South Carolina this week. These readings provide valuable information about the history of racial violence in this country and contextualize the history of race relations in South Carolina and the United States in general. They also offer insights on race, racial identities, global white supremacy and black resistance. All readings are arranged by date of publication. This list is not meant to be exhaustive; please check out the #Charlestonsyllabus hashtag and the Goodreads List for additional reading suggestions.