#HipHopEd Chat is a weekly cyber cypher (chat) where stakeholders within Hip-Hop and Education come together to discuss issues that impact the youth and adults within our local, national and global communities. #HipHopEd Chat is a virtual form of professional development for Educators, workshop for Parents and other Adults and a brainstorming session of Hip-Hop practitioners. Our #HipHopEd chats are every Tuesday from 9-10 EST. on Twitter.
When talk about dreams, possibilities and necessities of public education, we've got to center youth voices and continue to see education as a process in which young people can find and assert their voices. #HipHopEd
When we talk about dreams, possibilities and necessities of public education, we've got to center youth voices and continue to see education as a process in which young people can find and assert their voices. #HipHopEd
I left #AERA2018 excited about the future of our work, not because of AERA, but because of the alternative spaces #HipHopEd created for all of us to build
Been following #HipHopEd informally for awhile. The @DemocracyNow feature encouraged me to participate. I come with questions! (In line with the theme of course)
Absolutely loved this week! By the end of it, I think I was just running on all of the energy around this work! It's so beautiful to see #HipHopEd#AERA2018
When we talk about dreams, possibilities and necessities of public education, we've got to center youth voices and continue to see education as a process in which young people can find and assert their voices. #HipHopEd
💯Yes!! The role of the teacher is not to deposit knowledge, but to support our youth as they shine and innovate. There’s so much to learn from our students! #HipHopEd
Welcome 2 #HipHopEd Family, please share your question and I am confident that someone will respond. We don't use a structured Q&A format but please share your ??
After reading publications by @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, and @ianplevy, I respect the increased *engagement* #HipHopEd is able to generate. Yet I wonder how all facilitators measure the pedagogy's success *beyond* higher test scores, particularly in science?
Public Education will never reach it's full potential as long as it's failure benefits systems that profit at the expense of our children and communities #hiphoped
#HipHopEd is all about the collab. The promotion of youth voice cannot only happen in a single classroom or counseling office, we must ensure it happens everywhere.
We need young people to help us move education and the world forward. Without them we don't make progress without us they have no shoulders to stand on. #HipHopEd
When speaking of necessities of public education, it would not be #HipHopEd without addressing the lack of care from many senior-level admin. I have personally worked in an (all-Black) charter school where it was not acceptable to be progressive.
Hello #HipHopEd fam! I'd like to know more about #UnAERA. Is it a diverse group of anti-oppression scholars, or is this a safe place for people of color??
I can offer that through #ScienceGenuis we also measure attitude shifts and outlooks on education overall and their beliefs around what they achieve in the classroom. There are other SEL measures as well #HipHopEd
After reading publications by @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, and @ianplevy, I respect the increased *engagement* #HipHopEd is able to generate. Yet I wonder how all facilitators measure the pedagogy's success *beyond* higher test scores, particularly in science?
In my work with @chrisemdin and @KingAdjapong we wrote about student's social and emotional gains after engaging in the #ScienceGenius program - particularly in self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-esteem #HipHopEd
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@GTKermitO, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong
I've been there. The existing systems are so entrenched, so many moving parts, so many (usually selfish) agendas, radical change is rejected. #HipHopEd
Hello #HipHopEd fam! I'd like to know more about #UnAERA. Is it a diverse group of anti-oppression scholars, or is this a safe place for people of color??
THIS! We need to honor young people's brilliance and not assume that we have more knowledge just because we've been around longer. Gotta stay humble to get the message. #HipHopEd
We need young people to help us move education and the world forward. Without them we don't make progress without us they have no shoulders to stand on. #HipHopEd
I listened to this interview yesterday and was saddened that public schools weren't where Pierce learned about his ancestors. We can do better. #HipHopEd
Yes! Hip-hop embraces apprenticeship and mentor models that embraces collaboration between the older and younger generations. We must not dismiss the younger voices! #HipHopEd
We need young people to help us move education and the world forward. Without them we don't make progress without us they have no shoulders to stand on. #HipHopEd
I hope I'm regarded as a critical voice, rather than a naysayer. SEL, Restorative Practices, things addressing the trauma in our communities are VITAL. But I'm still wondering about mastery. @tdj6899
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Developing a high-school class in English/theater that takes rap verses and treats them as dramatic monologues and then uses them as entry-points into working on Shakespeare - looking for song recommendations and other resources. Thank you!!! #HipHopEd
I hope I'm regarded as a critical voice, rather than a naysayer. SEL, Restorative Practices, things addressing the trauma in our communities are VITAL. But I'm still wondering about mastery. @tdj6899#HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Dreams, possibilities, and necessities can only come from the youth. They are experiencing it. If we do not center them, it is the same as men creating laws about women's bodies. #oops#seewhatIdidthere#hiphoped
Dreaming is about self-actualizing. If we create school spaces that force youth to assimilate, we bar them from the opportunity to become their full/true selves. #HipHopEd
I don’t think most PS students are *really* learning science — inquiry, epistemology, process, critical thought, application — so much as memorizing facts of science. Bringing black and brown students on parity with white students in test scores falls short of mastery. #HipHopEd
We have to “dig in the crates” when it comes to finding and celebrating writers the way we once did for records. Hip-Hop never asked for permission to be heard so stop asking for permission to write #HipHopEd
Yes! I can’t tell you how many times my students have demonstrated mastery of scientific concepts in “informal ways” that aren’t measured on “objective” standardized tests. It’s infuriating how our assessment metrics are skewed against our youth. #HipHopEd
I think hip hop education should be public in every sense, engaging students at every stage of their lives. I just finished a class on hip hop with @SkillzVa -- students from 19 to 69 years old. Excited to build on this! #HipHopEd
I would love to hear more about this. Because I want to be clear that I am not defining mastery via the "master narrative". I am interested in seeing students *apply* their knowledge in ways that empower themselves and their communities. #HipHopEd
Often times we assume mastery of content cannot occur if we take time to create the spaces necessary to navigate difficult emotions. This is a fallacy. We can digest emotions en route to content mastery #HipHopEd#ScienceGenius#HipHopTherapy
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@GTKermitO, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
In order for public education to even come close to supporting "dreams," we need to check ourselves as "dream enablers" or "dream agents," and not "dream killers." #hiphoped
When we talk about dreams, possibilities and necessities of public education. It’s about creating spaces for young people to dream dreams bigger than they could have ever dreamed for themselves #HipHopEd
Doing schools differently requires taking the time to dream. Literally stopping the school day to let teachers and students envision what could be #HipHopEd
I absolutely agree. In so many failing schools predominantly students of color, what needs to change is the school culture FIRST. Academic improvement naturally follows. #HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
BUT...at the end of the day/school year, our students need to be able to navigate toxic systems WITH mastery of whatever domain (STEM, ELA, etc). #HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Sounds great! Make sure you're also using Shakespeare as an entry-point to understanding the complexity and theatrical richness of hip-hop texts! #HipHopEd
Developing a high-school class in English/theater that takes rap verses and treats them as dramatic monologues and then uses them as entry-points into working on Shakespeare - looking for song recommendations and other resources. Thank you!!! #HipHopEd
Case in point: one of my middle schoolers gives the class a lesson on tension, compression, and torsion while he is teaching another student to tie a do-rag. It was beautiful to watch his description of scientific concepts, sans academic bravado. #HipHopEd
Was never provided a space as a student to rethink school systems and structures. Adults often times believe they know what's best for students. When the answers to all questions lie with students.. #HipHopEd
How should we reshape public education to match this drastic shift in info availibility as a result of the information age? How can we make self-directed learning equitable? #hiphoped
I dream for public schools to truly become part of the fabric and pulse of the communities that they reside through mutual respect and participation #hiphoped
Can you help me bring this idea down to practice? For example, who is at the table (youth, teachers, school leaders, researchers?)? What kinds of conversations need to take place? #HipHopEd
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@GTKermitO, @Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
I found myself being the student today as I viewed @chrisemdin’s talk on Reality Pedagogy... important to acknowledge that the language we often use to encapsulate the dreams of what could be in education have lost all meaning by the time they’re staples of edu jargon. #HipHopEd
How should we reshape public education to match this drastic shift in info availibility as a result of the information age? How can we make self-directed learning equitable? #hiphoped
I attended the UnAERA, and it is a space curated by The Journal of Negro Education. The focus is on the Black aesthetic and a space to discuss Black scholarship and education. I was there to listen & learn, this was a space to elevate Black voices #HipHopEd
We are trying this in our school, and it is working in a beautiful way. Allowing students to work side by side with faculty to develop and implement curriculum is a beautiful experience. What a powerful way to integrate co-generative dialogue! #HipHopEd
Can you help me bring this idea down to practice? For example, who is at the table (youth, teachers, school leaders, researchers?)? What kinds of conversations need to take place? #HipHopEd
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@GTKermitO, @Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Students should be taught how the levels of government impact school funding and standards and then be given the tools @BIEpbl to do #PBL to turn things around #hiphoped
How should we reshape public education to match this drastic shift in info availibility as a result of the information age? How can we make self-directed learning equitable? #hiphoped
We must maintain a critical lens of the "necessities" of public education... Who's "necessities" are being foregrounded and who ultimately benefits from these "necessities?" #hiphoped
There are some great pedagogical resources out there to help answer this. I know I have a great resource stored in Mendeley, will look for it for ya! #HipHopEd
If my question re:mastery wasn't clear, what I'm asking is what evidence have #HipHopEd practitioners seen of *deep* understanding of science, literature, history? That they can then apply, synthesize, critique, remix, create for themselves?
I dream for public schools to truly become part of the fabric and pulse of the communities that they reside through mutual respect and participation #hiphoped
I led staff activity where for one minute, partners asked each other “Who are you?” Repetitively. Then, “What do you hope for?” Again repetitively. #hiphoped
@chrisemdin lays out the case and path for co-teaching beautifully in “Urban Science Education for the Hip Hop Generation,” and “For White Folks Teaching in the Hood” #HipHopEd
I've been on a couple interviews for teaching positions around the Boston area these past couple of weeks. Two of them have had students and parents on the interview committees and they were the most enjoyable, honest and toughest out of all of them #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd AERA = @AERA_EdResearch = American Educational Research Assoc, a nat'l research society, strives to advance knowledge abt edu, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to edu, and 2 promote the use of research 2 improve edu & serve the public good. https://t.co/UHrXfJvoYt
Thanks, that helps! I really hope to attend #AERA next year (and to help disrupt it with #UnAERA) but I don't want to be a "space invader" either. #HipHopEd
If students can learn about a subject faster and more thoroughly by watching a 5 min. YouTube video, how should this reshape lecture-style classes? How do we minimize superfluous instructor monologues? #hiphoped
I agree! It just needs to include ALL students. Not just the high performers. All of our kids must have a voice. It’s tough, but it’s also necessary. #HipHopEd
Prescriptions are the tools of the oppressor. They’re birthed out of the belief that those in positions of power know better than those being underserved. The first step that must be taken is for those in power to shut up. The second is for them to listen. #HipHopEd
Community. Youth, teachers, leaders, researchers, community members, barbers, pastors, beauticians, etc. need to be brought to the table somehow. Convo centers on the practices of the community and how that translates to the hallways of the school.
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@nmlfonger, @GTKermitO, @Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Changing culture HAS to start with the actual community in which the school sits. It is a disgrace to teach in a community you don't know or understand. As a teacher, get out there. Learn. Bring it to the classroom/school. #hiphoped
Necessary to critically examine the structural and systemic factors in schools that constrain & delimit ways students & teachers dream. Carter Woodson told us about those doors. #HipHopEd
Yes! Also what is mastery? Does it align with standardized testing? Or national curriculum standards? For SS I get SO confused here. State don't match National don't match textbook..what are students supposed to master? I want youth involved in setting course standards #HipHopEd
BUT...at the end of the day/school year, our students need to be able to navigate toxic systems WITH mastery of whatever domain (STEM, ELA, etc). #HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
Re-imagining education, considering it's possibilities, also means looking at how education happens outside of schools. It doesn't have to happen within the institution to make it education. #HipHopEd
We have to address the trauma that many parents faced during their public school experience. It's hard to get them to be connected to environments that only remind them of what they've done wrong #hiphoped
If my question re:mastery wasn't clear, what I'm asking is what evidence have #HipHopEd practitioners seen of *deep* understanding of science, literature, history? That they can then apply, synthesize, critique, remix, create for themselves?
I was in public schools my entire life.Our pub schools always have events in the mix 2 encourage youth.2night was our district's 2018 art https://t.co/tacENfaDMZ God daughter's SUPER DOPE,AMAZING,WONDERFULLY painted scroll won 1st place of all 2nd graders in her school! #HipHopEd
I had a moment the other day where I waited for a class to quiet down so I could start the lesson...& they ended up starting & just doing the entire lesson w/o me. They were being LOUD & clear in their message to me...#WeGotThis#HipHopEd
Glad to hear that! Students and parents are the major stakeholders in schools, and should be given seats (yes plural!) at the table when it comes to decisions, such as who should teach at their school. #HipHopEd
Hip Hop Architecture Camps are back for a sequel! Brought to you by @Autodesk and @hiphoparch, STEAM learning is headed to twice as many communities https://t.co/0jy5VsZ1y5
We have to address the trauma that many parents faced during their public school experience. It's hard to get them to be connected to environments that only remind them of what they've done wrong #hiphoped
Is this true? I sometimes think people inside education seem unable to think beyond their environments. And hip hop is uniquley equipped to utilize outside viewpoints. #HipHopEd
No, NEVER. Test mastery is antithetical to real mastery. Memorizing facts or knowing how to effectively read test questions does not mean you can DO science, write poetry/prose, analyze/critique history. #HipHopEd
Yes! Also what is mastery? Does it align with standardized testing? Or national curriculum standards? For SS I get SO confused here. State don't match National don't match textbook..what are students supposed to master? I want youth involved in setting course standards #HipHopEd
BUT...at the end of the day/school year, our students need to be able to navigate toxic systems WITH mastery of whatever domain (STEM, ELA, etc). #HipHopEd
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@Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
TY...we are still learning...the biggest obstacle...we ask them to “dream big” and sometimes...they haven’t identified school as a space for dreaming and figuring out how they can change the world. #HipHopEd
We have to address the trauma that many parents faced during their public school experience. It's hard to get them to be connected to environments that only remind them of what they've done wrong #hiphoped
Love this! Students identify, process and solve problems in their own block. Become more effective civic agents b/c kids can say things adults often cannot and won’t say/do.
I had a moment the other day where I waited for a class to quiet down so I could start the lesson...& they ended up starting & just doing the entire lesson w/o me. They were being LOUD & clear in their message to me...#WeGotThis#HipHopEd
It’s helpful to have language to guide the conversation. “Imagine and implement new practices” — I’m still wondering about the tension of the broader system of testing and high stakes accountability (graduation depends on passing algebra regents)
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@chrisemdin, @GTKermitO, @Ianplevy, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
That idea of imagination is so powerful. The system has taught our children and teachers how NOT to imagine or dream big, so having unique voices that can reach our youth and educators is necessary! #HipHopEd
OK help me out with "empower" -- I really hate this word. I am certainly not a goddess of power or giver/bestower of power. Like I've said a few times this evening, we have to get out of people's way and quit obstructing their ability to use their own power. #HipHopEd
Here's a good start. But make sure it's a two-way street--that you're teaching that hip-hop is just as canonical as Shakespeare! #HipHopEdhttps://t.co/ac4ufp6L1O
Exactly! I'm hoping that through working on rap lyrics students will develop the skills of text-work necessary to unpack Shakespeare. Do you have any recommendations for rap songs that might make good monologues?
The problem, many times, with Pub Ed is leaders go into communities and impose their beliefs and values on the families of that school & community. That is Educational Colonialism. STOP IT!!! #hiphoped#AERA2018
The standards are one thing, but mastery in SS to ME, means having enough context and critical thinking skills to be able to examine history, who benefits from which telling, and tracing impact to present realities. @ebeth_moore#HipHopEd
The struggle is real. Two weeks until MSLIS graduation and the job search is ON. Now... if only I could get my dream job working for #hiphoped or a school library looking for an enthusiastic #futurereadylib!
De La Soul said it best “Stakes is High” we’re not attempting to skirt around mastery and evaluation. We believe that through relationships you achieve the brilliance that is current sought after without showing that you care about the Ss #HipHopEd
Community. Youth, teachers, leaders, researchers, community members, barbers, pastors, beauticians, etc. need to be brought to the table somehow. Convo centers on the practices of the community and how that translates to the hallways of the school.
In reply to
@nmlfonger, @GTKermitO, @Ianplevy, @chrisemdin, @KingAdjapong, @tdj6899
It discouraged me from wanting to even do this work anymore. I felt like I was being pushed out of the system and my opinion/research wasn't valued. #hiphoped
Even more recently, I was fired for speaking against the
homophobic/hegemonic/patriarchal comments the principal was making. Nonetheless, I quietly gathered my things and left. #hiphoped
HOWEVER, it is the response that my students have had that makes this work worth it. They sent texts, calls, etc. saying how I have transformed their lives and how they are sad that they don't have any advocates anymore #hiphoped
Despite the fact that I thought everything was being blocked/shut down, they were paying attention. They saw the fight I gave and they loved me for it. #hiphoped
may seem unrelated, but after attending #AERA18 I realized that this is how you cultivate dreams and necessities of public education. You literally fight for them. You let the students know how much you care. You bring in community. You be their community. It will work #hiphoped
Yes! An encouraging reframing however ...The #HipHopEd dream job is doing the work in a school where it isn't happening - and working to shift the school culture
Yes! I'm really interested in learning more about the power of nonformal ed (outside the formal structures) especially in places around the world where formal can't happen (refugee camps, conflict areas). Can we attain the same goals through NF ed (health, wealth)? #HipHopEd
The problem, many times, with Pub Ed is leaders go into communities and impose their beliefs and values on the families of that school & community. That is Educational Colonialism. STOP IT!!! #hiphoped#AERA2018
Facts! Teachers need to be willing to connect with multiple stakeholders in the community. We (educators) can't complain about the lack of parental/community involvement if we are not willing to engage them #HipHopEd
Yes! It pains me to know that teachers don’t tap into this! From Rakim to Kendrick; Qtip to Chance; we are missing the mark if we are teaching poetry and/or literary devices without tapping into these masters... #hiphoped
#Facts - this is tied to that savior narrative perpetuated by various problematic charter networks and edu organizations like teach for america #HipHopEd
I’m certainly not opposed to a different word. But I don’t use “empower” as if I’m giving permission. I use to as an idea of letting students know their voice/skill sets/talents are valuable and powerful. #HipHopEd
So true! It's what I hope community school models can help with -- get parents back into the school for intergenerational basketball or laundry or whatever -- give them new experiences to engage them more directly. #HipHopEd
On behalf of the #hiphoped team I want to welcome all the new comers and the it's been a long time comers to tonight's chat. "I can feel it in the air" - Beanie Segal
I can't speak to STEM. I've found that some HS students critically analyzing artists tend to use similar frames as the schools of critical literary theory-- they're just using different language. For example, their discussion of flow touches on structuralism. #HipHopEd
Do the work even when it's difficult, complex, and messy. "It's beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success. Hear my words or listen to my signal of distress " @JColeNC#HipHopEd#AERA2018
THIS! We need to honor young people's brilliance and not assume that we have more knowledge just because we've been around longer. Gotta stay humble to get the message. #HipHopEd
We need young people to help us move education and the world forward. Without them we don't make progress without us they have no shoulders to stand on. #HipHopEd
Yeah, seems to me the humanities translate more naturally into CRP and #HipHopEd, because students are *already* masters of analyzing media like you mention. STEM seems most resistant because it has its own rigid epistemology.
I can't speak to STEM. I've found that some HS students critically analyzing artists tend to use similar frames as the schools of critical literary theory-- they're just using different language. For example, their discussion of flow touches on structuralism. #HipHopEd
I can’t tell you how many teachers I’ve talked to, who throw shade at parents, but have not taken the time to build relationships with them! Hell, if you always called me with negative news about my child, I’d stop answering too! #HipHopEd
Hell yeah fam. They're just stepping stones for folks trying to be in positions of power. Doesn't mean you can't get in there and flip it tho #HipHopEd
y'all are preaching here. I've always found TFA problematic since a colleague of mine said "I went to Oakland saved those Black and Brown boys."
Girl. Bye. #hiphoped
A friend and I are planning to explore this by recording students going in on the Top 5 Dead or Alive convo and annotating a transcript for connections to literary theory. Textual analysis of Hip Hop could be a strong bridge to the theory taught to English majors. #HipHopEd
We are trying this in our school, and it is working in a beautiful way. Allowing students to work side by side with faculty to develop and implement curriculum is a beautiful experience. What a powerful way to integrate co-generative dialogue! #HipHopEd
On behalf of the #hiphoped team I want to welcome all the new comers and the it's been a long time comers to tonight's chat. "I can feel it in the air" - Beanie Segal
But what I'm thinking is that we use ours as a model, a lab, of what could be. Demonstrate the results the schools want, and maybe they'll follow our lead. #HipHopEd
This is a great digital journalism opportunity to develop your voice on your terms. Salute to @aprilRsilver for offering this to our community. If not for you, then pass to a friend who you know has a digital pen #HipHopEd
Sometimes we think helping young people dream means telling them everything is going to be OK. We have to learn to sit in those difficult places with youth - that's how we find the path forward #HipHopEdTherapy#HipHopEd
Students critically analyze all of the time in science; it’s just about how curriculum is written. If one follows old, dusty, perennialist prescriptions, then yes, it’s hard, but science is beautiful, because it naturally allows for infinite solutions to a challenge. #HipHopEd
I like your thinking. I just have been cynical of the system now. There are great models to follow out there now, but if they don't have a white-admin team, be based in New York or some major city, and cater only to inner-city districts, then folks don't listen. #hiphoped
Absolutely! I’m not TFA but have several colleagues and friends who are. Many of them have spoken to the problematic practices but several have also spoken to an evolution. #HipHopEd
Either carefully, or with a very critical lens and/or within a digital citizenship/literacy framework. These kids are being preyed upon by these social media companies. I wanna see students build their own equitable and empowering networks. #HipHopEd
I'm with ya! Except for the "empowering" - was just in another chat in here about that word. I hear "bestow" and "permit" and "allow" -- it's like "welcoming" someone. It's a really sticky (icky?) word for me. #HipHopEd
Another friend and I are spending course final project writing a Unit of Study exploring poetic devices employed in speeches and Hip Hop lyrics. There's also a lot of potential in using lyrics to teach into fluency. #HipHopEd
They out here paying 21 year olds 50k and their masters tho. It's worth considering how to get in there and use it - without drinking the kool-aid. #HipHopEd
Stakeholders that need to be included➡️ parents, students AND alumni (and not just for show and/or for performative nonsense I've seen and experienced🙄 esp in charter school/"new"/non traditional spaces), community members selected by the COMMUNITY, local orgs, etc #HipHopEd
Facts! Teachers need to be willing to connect with multiple stakeholders in the community. We (educators) can't complain about the lack of parental/community involvement if we are not willing to engage them #HipHopEd
Nooooo, “saved?!?!” We’re not here to “save!” We’re here to support our students, to give them love when they fall, and to constantly remind them that failure is a natural, beautiful part of the human process. #HipHopEd
The way a city cares for their public housing is an indicator of how they value the people that have no choice but to live there. So the way that we care for our public schools is an indicator of how we value the children and youth who have no choice but to come! #HipHopEd
100%. Even in cases where you may not believe you have the resources, there's generally a way to create resources for yourself. You just have to want them enough to seek and find your way. "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."- Albert Einstein #HipHopEd
I dream for public schools to truly become part of the fabric and pulse of the communities that they reside through mutual respect and participation #hiphoped
I dream for public schools to truly become part of the fabric and pulse of the communities that they reside through mutual respect and participation #hiphoped
Sadly, probably even worse these days. Now, orgs like TFA + CityYear are modeling minions to go into communities + do their bidding. Deray is a perfect example of someone thats been indoctrinated by that world and has done tons of damage all while collecting MILLIONS🙄 #HipHopEd
I'm a homeless shelter teacher and a literacy specialist. Music is far more consistent than materials or instructional time. Ss don't come into shelter with many books, we don't have big budgets, Ss miss a ton of classroom time. #HipHopEd is SEL but it's also practical.
Have to go. Been interesting, but feels limited by the platform. A lot of people talking past each other and missing opportunity for deeper engagement. The #HipHopEd team should consider an online forum or even Reddit? Take care all, keep up the good work.
Yes. Educators need that space to imagine, but we also need to follow up with developing the plan to make it happen that includes the voice of students, parents, & stakeholders in the community. If this happens, are school leaders willing to go through with the plan? #HipHopEd
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Public Schools are some of the largest buildings in the hood with great resources that are often closed and chained at the times the community could benefit from them the most #HipHopEd
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My quirk doesn't mean I'm ahead of anyone, just means I have a linguistic hangup to work through. I know LOTS of people use it and that's cool, I'm just putting it out there tonight to get other folks' perspectives. I truly appreciate your help! #HipHopEd
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This #HipHopEd convo is helping me to clarify a vision for how to Lean in... Yet it Still feels like a vulnerable space for me. But perhaps that’s part of the point. Training in uncertainty. #zenhabits
Next week 4/24 in honor of National Poetry Month we will dive into the impact of poetry and how we can advocate for it to a greater degree in various traditional and non traditional education spaces #HipHopEd
Public Schools are some of the largest buildings in the hood with great resources that are often closed and chained at the times the community could benefit from them the most #HipHopEd
Until schools are truly rid of the (fundamentally unequal) property tax equation as what determines how we fund our schools, we will always see segregated and underfunded schools. #hiphoped
Yes! I’ve seen great models where schools can integrate health clinics, pantries, counseling and mental/emotional health services; job training. The possibilities are endless! #HipHopEd
