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Inspiring Empathy through Artmaking

Abbie Bowker / Champlain Valley Union High School “It is my duty to voice the sufferings of people, the sufferings …

Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas

A version of this piece originally appeared at VTDigger.org on 8/17/17 BOOKS ARE WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS is …

On Empathy

The ability to imagine the hardships of others, to emotionally embrace their circumstances and to respond in a sensitive, thoughtful …

Regenerating Empathy

The lockdown was more challenging than I had imagined. We all go through drills each month in public schools, practicing …

The Value of Connecting Students, Learning, and the Community

The Value of Connecting Students, Learning, and the Community As a native Rutland, Vermont resident, I have always felt like …

Recruiting International Students: A Public School Sends its First Acceptance Letter

Today is a notable day in my Rowland Fellowship. I’ve spent the last year and a half forming and refining …

Innocence Lost

I apologize in advance for the political bias that will be evident in this post. I mean not to offend …

A Thousand Tiny Moments in a Thousand Tiny Communities: The Narrative on Rural Poverty

Often I am irked by books and scholarly articles on closing the achievement gap because they tend to focus on …

The Myth of Meritocracy: Reframing the American Dream

Given the theme of “Equity” for this year’s annual Rowland Conference, I thought it appropriate to write about the hidden …

A New Era of International Student Exchanges

Virtual Intercultural Avenues is a multi-faceted global campus that uses 21st century technologies to give students and teachers the virtual mobility …

To Build a Better Question

AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner mandate that we equip our students with the skills they need to pursue lifelong …

JSEP as a Model for Learning

There is no limit to the number of strategies, techniques, and technologies that tout successful educational moments, but learning derived …