Overview In this reflection, I discuss how the knowledge I gained about Second Language Acquisition through completing my Masters of Education program will influence how I differentiate instruction to support students acquiring English as an additional language. I describe Carlos, a student I met while volunteering in an academic intervention program, and discuss how my …
Overview As a White educator, my commitment to disrupting oppressive education practices must be as internal as it is external. I must recognize my own biases and take responsibility for how my actions perpetuate racist systems. Educating myself about how my White identity shapes my worldviews is an important part of that process. In the …
When examining how to create liberating learning spaces for individual students, charter schools appear to provide educational choices to students not adequately served by traditional public schools. I spent six months working at a project-based charter school. It served many students who, in a traditional public school, would be labeled as having “exceptional” learning needs …