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Civic Action in Schools

How Do We Help Good Students Understand Why Some of Their Peers Seem Not to Care?

I guess I’m especially aware of teaching dilemmas lately. Perhaps it’s a function of age — or the age we’re in. Anyway, here’s one that’s…

3 min readDec 11, 2018

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How Do We Help Good Students Understand Why Some of Their Peers Seem Not to Care?

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Civic Action in Schools

I’m Back — and Thinking About SEL and Race

I’ve taken a 5 1/2 month break from writing for this blog, primarily to focus on a monster project for the Illinois Writing Project that…

2 min readNov 28, 2018

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Civic Action in Schools

Summer 2018 Is Not Time Off for Student Activism or Teachers Planning to Support it

I’ve taken a month break from posting — for vacation and then focusing on other projects. But a great many students across America have not…

3 min readJul 25, 2018

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Summer 2018 Is Not Time Off for Student Activism or Teachers Planning to Support it

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Civic Action in Schools

Powerful Student Advocacy Writing Camp — Part 2

Bryn Orum, of the Greater Madison Writing Project and Clark Street Community School writes about the followup year with students she worked…

4 min readJun 11, 2018

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Powerful Student Advocacy Writing Camp — Part 2

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Civic Action in Schools

An Inspiring Summer Camp on Student Advocacy Writing

Introduction: Mark Dziedzic, Director of the Greater Madison Writing Project (based at the University of Wisconsin — Madison) has been…

5 min readMay 31, 2018

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An Inspiring Summer Camp on Student Advocacy Writing

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Civic Action in Schools

Another Story of a School District Supporting Student Voice and Civic Action

Is there an awakening about the value of student voice and student civic action in schools across the country? I don’t know of data, but I…

2 min readMay 15, 2018

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Civic Action in Schools

My Book Chapter on Educator Innovator

So, dear blog readers , for once a bit of my own story —

2 min readMay 9, 2018

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Student-Educator Collaboration for School Change Enacts Voice, Agency, and Action

Model approaches across the country are developing many ways to engage students in learning to improve their community and acquiring the…

2 min readApr 27, 2018

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Student-Educator Collaboration for School Change Enacts Voice, Agency, and Action

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Civic Action in Schools

Building Civic Awareness in Washington D.C.

It’s heartening to find more and more educators and organizations promoting youth civic engagement across the country. Recently I learned…

4 min readApr 18, 2018

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Civic Action within a School’s Mandated Curriculum — Not a Big Challenge

Danielle Butville (Zarnick) wrote for this blog last year, describing how she led her second graders to identify and actively address…

5 min readMar 29, 2018

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Civic Action within a School’s Mandated Curriculum — Not a Big Challenge

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Civic Action in Schools

Civic Action in Schools

By Steve Zemelman, Director, IL Writing Project; author, “From Inquiry to Action;” co-author, “Subjects Matter” & “Best Practice;” Restorative Justice advisor

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