Through These Winsome Gates

A week ago, I was talking to my supervisor about how we can put the ideas in this book to work with the students in our program. Today, I got an email from my child's school district letting parents know that our students are talking about a walkout in response to the election. It leaves me more convinced than ever of how important the ideas in this book are. Students at all levels need to be heard and valued and supported in ways that honor their reality. To me, that means sometimes our biggest job as educators is to see our students and teach them that they can teach us, too. Because if they can change even just one mind, nothing can stop them. In For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the rest of Y'all Too, Emdin outlines a practical approach to learning ways of accomplishing exactly that.

I tend more toward New Year's Goals than resolutions. This year, I decided I wanted to read more books that inspire me. To that end, I give you my first book review of the year.

And this one is for the educators.