Nov 21, 2019Rethinking Education: What if “Small” was Normal?By JEREMY M. SHAPIRO, M.Ed As part of my duties for the Small Schools Coalition, I am grateful for my unfettered access to voluminous data and global authorities, like Dr. Stuart Grauer, that make such a solid case for the Small Schools Movement. …Education18 min readEducation18 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Nov 3, 2019Weaving Our Histories: Latin@ Ethnography in the Heritage Language Classroomby ELENA FOULIS and JENNIFER BARAJAS This article was originally published in The Journal of Folklore and Education, by our partners at Local Learning. Latin@ heritage language learners (HLL) carry with them a wealth of experiences related to race, immigration, and language. The use of ethnography and oral history with…Education23 min readEducation23 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Nov 3, 2019Supporting English Learners Through Ethnography Projects — The Stars Program at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter SchoolBy LUCINDA MEGILL LEGENDRE For a middle-school student who is just starting to learn English in the United States, myriad factors can contribute to a sense that one is beginning an insurmountable task. Not only is the English language unwieldy, wild, and unknown, but many students in the Stars Program…Education21 min readEducation21 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Nov 3, 2019It’s About the Stories that People Are Willing to Tell You: An Interview with Guha ShankarBy MICHELLE STEFANO Our purpose in this piece is to go “behind the scenes” of the ethnographic interview to illuminate some of its distinctive features, as well as its value as a tool for learning about shared human knowledges, expressions, and experiences of today and the past. Although, it cannot…Education32 min readEducation32 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Nov 3, 2019Students Listen to the Voices of the City with the Urban Memory ProjectBy REBECCA KRUCOFF The successful models gleaned from a long-term endeavor can stimulate and support educators’ interests in exploring community while meaningfully connecting to curricula. Student: Is there anything you miss from the bad old days of the neighborhood? “I now own a business on Seventh Avenue and when I…Education17 min readEducation17 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Oct 29, 2019An Educator Goes Deep, From Sustainability to Collaborative EthnographyBy NAOMI HERSHISER Naomi is an alumna of CWI’s Summer Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. She is Dean of Environmental Learning at Prairie Crossing Charter School, in Illinois. I spent an intensive week this summer with a group of K-16 and community based educators at CWI’s Summer Institute…Education13 min readEducation13 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Oct 29, 2019Overcoming Obstacles: Shaping Pedagogy Through ExperienceBy REGINA DISTEFANO Regina is a Lower School Science Teacher and the Sustainability Coordinator for the Hackley School, in Tarrytown, New York. She participated in CWI’s Institute on Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability. I am always looking for ways to make learning more relevant and impactful for my students. As…Education9 min readEducation9 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Oct 14, 2019Finding the Agency We Need to Use as Teachers: An Adventure in Professional LearningBy ALFREDO GUZMAN I am a high school art teacher and artist. I recently attended CWI’s Summer WEST Institute at Otis College of Art and Design, in Los Angeles (I am also a graduate of Otis College’s MFA program). Over the course of the week, the most significant way in…Education8 min readEducation8 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Jul 28, 2019Member-onlyConnection in the Unexpected MomentBy STEPHEN MUCHER Resentment (noun) — bitter indignation at being treated unfairly. The two central public education trends in my lifetime have been the rejection of racial desegregation as a worthy democratic policy goal and the gutting of school funding for our nation’s poorest urban and rural communities. Alternatively, elite…Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Published in Community Works Journal: Digital Magazine for Educators·Jun 8, 2019It’s The End Of The Year As We Know It!By RYAN PERSAUD, Director of IT and Innovation at International School of Curitiba I have had the privilege of walking into many many schools over my career, all over the world, and in a variety of capacities. If there is one constant that I know to be true is the…Education7 min readEducation7 min read
