What follows is a recent post I contributed to the Classroom2.0 ning.
Can we talk about race?
No.
Why not?
Our district's commitment to diversity training as part of our professional development agenda is sufficient.
Please...can we talk about race?
Talking about race only incites racial tension. I'm sure you can understand this.
But not talking about it fosters the same tension and even worse, keeps it bottled up, percolating like lava.
Volcano eruptions are rare; especially in this suburban community in Southeastern Pennsylvania, but I thoroughly enjoyed your use of simile. Are you an English teacher?
Yes, but I am also the Tech Coach for the Classrooms for the Future grant.
What's a Tech Coach?
I work as an instructional specialist, coaching teachers to develop lessons that integrate technology in meaningful ways, aligned to state standards, to increase student achievement and help them develop 21st Century skills.
Can we talk about what it's like coaching teachers to get them to re-evaluate and re-vision their pedagogical and methodological approaches?
No.
Why not?
Can we talk about race?
No.
Seems like we're at an impasse.
Perhaps we can blog at this.
At a diversity training workshop
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