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“Current Events Do Not Belong in History Class”

We have to ask: if we aren’t talking to kids about the impact of these deadly ideas, who is?

May 15, 2022

“Current Events Do Not Belong in History Class”

May 15, 2022

Transgender Identity is Not a Disability (And Other Reasons Iowa HF2082 is Cruel)

(Iowa HF2082 failed spectacularly in the Iowa statehouse today (FYJD), in large part because of the overwhelming opposition to the proposal…

Jan 31

Transgender Identity is Not a Disability (And Other Reasons Iowa HF2082 is Cruel)

Jan 31

Whose Priorities for Iowa?

A majority of Iowa voters oppose the governor’s voucher plan, so whose priorities are represented in the statehouse?

Jan 10, 2023

Whose Priorities for Iowa?

Jan 10, 2023

“I am part of that 55%”

National Education Association survey data shows that 55% of educators are prepared to leave the profession earlier than planned.

May 16, 2022

“I am part of that 55%”

May 16, 2022

On Schools, White-Collar Vigilantism, & the Grievance-Industrial Complex

My fear is that soon the bullying will not only escalate, but that it will be empowered and encouraged from the dais itself.

Nov 1, 2021

On Schools, White-Collar Vigilantism, & the Grievance-Industrial Complex

Nov 1, 2021

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March: Flow — The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Csikszentmihalyi’s blind spot is a critical one: that poverty is a cause of inattention and a lack of cognitive resources, not an effect.

Mar 31, 2021

March: Flow — The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mar 31, 2021

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December: A Wolf At the Schoolhouse Door & the Unmaking of Public Education

What are the tenets guiding this unmaking, what are the aims of the unmakers, and what is there for the rest of us to be worried about?

Dec 4, 2020

December: A Wolf At the Schoolhouse Door & the Unmaking of Public Education

Dec 4, 2020

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A Teacher’s Case for Critical Race Theory

What is this “toxic propaganda” the White House and Senate are taking action over, and what are the consequences of having CRT banned?

Oct 14, 2020

A Teacher’s Case for Critical Race Theory

Oct 14, 2020

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Universal Design for Fishing

What is Universal Design and what does a Universal Design for Fishing look like on the pond?

Jul 15, 2020

Universal Design for Fishing

Jul 15, 2020

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Can 2020 Be the Year of Radical Hope?

Like many educators, I said goodbye to my students and left my classroom in March unaware that I would not see the Class of 2020 again…

Jun 8, 2020

Can 2020 Be the Year of Radical Hope?

Jun 8, 2020

Nick Covington

Nick Covington

Former high school social studies teacher. Parent of 2 kids in public school. Let's restore humanity to education

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