PinnedNick CovingtoninHuman Restoration Project“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?12 min read·May 15, 2022--11--11
Nick CovingtonTransgender 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…4 min read·Jan 31, 2024----
Nick CovingtonWhose Priorities for Iowa?A majority of Iowa voters oppose the governor’s voucher plan, so whose priorities are represented in the statehouse?3 min read·Jan 10, 2023----
Nick Covington“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.3 min read·May 16, 2022--2--2
Nick CovingtonOn Schools, White-Collar Vigilantism, & the Grievance-Industrial ComplexMy fear is that soon the bullying will not only escalate, but that it will be empowered and encouraged from the dais itself.4 min read·Nov 1, 2021--4--4
Nick CovingtoninHuman Restoration ProjectMarch: Flow — The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceCsikszentmihalyi’s blind spot is a critical one: that poverty is a cause of inattention and a lack of cognitive resources, not an effect.6 min read·Mar 31, 2021--1--1
Nick CovingtoninHuman Restoration ProjectDecember: A Wolf At the Schoolhouse Door & the Unmaking of Public EducationWhat 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?11 min read·Dec 4, 2020--1--1
Nick CovingtoninHuman Restoration ProjectA Teacher’s Case for Critical Race TheoryWhat is this “toxic propaganda” the White House and Senate are taking action over, and what are the consequences of having CRT banned?12 min read·Oct 14, 2020----
Nick CovingtoninHuman Restoration ProjectUniversal Design for FishingWhat is Universal Design and what does a Universal Design for Fishing look like on the pond?12 min read·Jul 15, 2020----
Nick CovingtoninHuman Restoration ProjectCan 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…8 min read·Jun 8, 2020----
