In a post from last summer about the need for reciprocity rather than hierarchy in schools, I used Sydney's idea of a "chill-archy" from Season 1 of the FX show The Bear, and I went on to muse that Season 2 could a great metaphor for school reform. Although I haven't seen truly sustained reciprocity... Continue Reading →
The other day, I had a minor "The summer is going too fast!" panic moment when a colleague referenced a training coming up in less than three weeks. I hadn't realized that was all I had left before I would be pulled back into the institutional pressures and frustrations that I have so needed to... Continue Reading →
“An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” Lerone Bennett Jr. The new superintendent of the school district where I work and where my children attend school shared this revolutionary quotation when he spoke to district administrators earlier this month. I am so eager to learn how our new... Continue Reading →
In my last post, I wrote about educational scarcity and how small wins keep me going—but also how depressing these small wins can be when I consider how far we have to go in pursuit of just, humanizing schools. In that post, I focused on the possibility of progress—even minor progress—to energize. But now, I... Continue Reading →
Kate Lechtenberg, PhD 