talkin `bout….teaching truth to power, will focus on how educators can teach about injustice and inequality to a group with an identity of privilege (for example, teaching about racism to white people, teaching about sexism to men, teaching about heterosexism to straight people etc.). Most Americans have at least one identity of power—male, middle-class, straight, American citizen, white, Christian etc. How do we confront the issue of privilege with students? What are the challenges and benefits of this work? Is it possible to teach someone out of their power?
At a high school in Wichita, Friday night lights is no longer about football
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Wichita Independent School didn't have enough players to field a football
team this year. So the school announced alternative Friday evening
activities for...
3 hours ago