courtney dexter

Classroom management isn’t about control. It’s about care — care for one another and for the community.

One step toward educational equity would be to provide every student in America with a device and wifi. It’s a given in affluent schools.

Truth.

Reminder: "It’s easy to be enraged by instances of overt racism, but it’s a lot harder to examine yourself and help other educators examine themselves for how implicit bias might still be ruling the interactions we have with students."

To my white educators: Today, you’re posting about social justice, buying antiracist books, following brown folks, and temp changing your profile pictures. (thread) Here’s what I need you to do tomorrow:

Please read happy Black books too. We don't just write about slavery and colonialism. Consume Black history and art about anything. It all helps to decenter whiteness

White educators: "I love my students" is no substitute for racial justice, and if we don't educate about and act for racial justice--not just racial "diversity," but racial JUSTICE--we don't, in point of fact, love our students.

#DisruptTexts has been preaching this. When we teach what has developed this social consciousness and we do not stop, we cannot complain about our results. Literature is implicated in today’s racism.

White educators I think taking the day off of speaking out and supporting #BlackLivesMatter is an example of our privilege at work. Participate in stepping out of Social Media if you like but please don’t step out of the conversations 1/2

Say it louder for the people in the back: “...it falls on all of us, regardless of our race or station...to work together to create a ‘new normal’ in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institution or our hearts.” #BlackLivesMatter

Mileposts of a Meaningful Life - Educational Leadership -Carol Ann Tomlinson’s article is timeless and so salient in the midst of the pandemic ⁦@ELmagazine⁩ ⁦@CalGirlsSchool⁩ #meaningful #MakeADifference ascd.org/publications/e…

All my history teacher friends check out the @High5Wizard app. It’s a free APUSH study app made by APUSH teachers and exam graders. I’m figuring out how I’d use it for my 8th grade USH class. It is absolutely amazing! @kellyleon912 @don_dumas @sohaquatics

Take a moment and hear the waves. #HumboldtState #HumboldtConnected

Have you made your Poem Pocket yet? Need some inspiration on where to find some amazing poems to fill that pocket for Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 30? #NWP #WriteNow #PocketPoem bit.ly/3bV3qxi

@Ms_Stangel @melissaSDSU Yes!! Thanks for this, @Ms_Stangel 💕 Hope you’re well!!

@dexteachglobal @melissaSDSU

@timothymooore I’ve learned so many excellent cooking techniques from cooking shows!! Best way to move your way up from novice status, as well as get inspiration to try new dishes.