That’s my Union!

I’m sick to my stomach with the state of US education right now. This is exhausting, infuriating, saddening, and depressing.

What’s hard about facilitating classroom talk? And how are you working to get better? Find out what these 4 educators had to say on the Something to Talk About mini podcast. #stenhousesomethingtotalkabout Jennifer Orr Lauren Carr @queedomteachin blog.stenhouse.com/stta-episode4

It was such an honor to talk with these 4 amazing classrooms educators @queendomteachin Tasha Dhoot Lauren Carr and Jennifer Orr about what's hard in classroom discourse and how they're working to get better.

So incredibly proud of my genius beautiful teacher bestie!! you inspire me Janaki Nagarajan can’t wait to read this!!!!!!!

Stop hitting your children. Using pain and violence to control people’s behavior causes profound harm. It teaches children to be violent and accept violence from others as a sign of love or something that can coexist with love. These lessons follow them into other relationships.

Last month, our stunning 5 year old daughter told us she wanted lighter skin so she could be prettier. I wrote an essay on the disease of colorism and how we are trying to make her appreciate her beautiful brown skin. I hope this is helpful. nytimes.com/2021/11/13/opi…

NEW EPISODE! We’re thinking about what listening can look and sound like. And we're wondering how we can help students keep growing as listeners. Featuring Christy Thompson - instagram @chthompson188 Caroline Sweet Tasha Dhoot Jennifer Orr Dr. Allison Hintz #stenhousesomethingtotalkabout blog.stenhouse.com/stta-episode6

Every worker should have the constitutional right to join a union. Period.

My students and I were going over COVID safety precautions and we started talking about how viruses mutate and one of my kiddos goes, “yeah i heard theres a new flavor of COVID going around” 😂 #1stgradersarethebest

Teachers' unions are good, actually.

To help with the nation’s teaching shortage, I’ve proposed that anyone can sub as long as they pass a vibe check.

In this month's Something To Talk About blog post, third-grade teacher Janaki Nagarajan writes about her experiences with Compliment Circles and how much this kind of talk matters in classrooms right now. hubs.ly/Q0130xx_0

We are reimagining education in America. …which is to say that we will be doing the same things that we’ve always done, but with more meetings and neat graphics!

Shane Monroe, 5th grade teacher at Wilburton, is the PSESD Regional Teacher of the Year! Shane is now a candidate for the WA State Teacher of the Year, which will be announced by OSPI in the fall. Congratulations, Shane! Thank you for all you do to promote #equity and #inclusion!

thank you @emilynmachado for always supporting me and being such an amazing mentor💕

So proud of my friend Tasha Dhoot, an incredible educator and a well-deserved honor!

UW College of Education alumna and first grade teacher at Wilburton Elementary School, Santasha Dhoot, has been named one of the International Literacy Association’s 30 under 30 in Literacy! Congratulations, Santasha! buff.ly/3iCVXMt.