Week 3: Hitting My Groove
So it’s my third week in the program and my second week with students. Last week was short because of all the Holiday and Inservice days. But this week I feel like I’m starting to hit my stride and find…..
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Week 2: First Week Back with Students
So with the Holiday Weekend, it was a rather short week. I only got to spend two days this week in the classroom directly serving the students at the Middle School I am assigned to. However, it still felt amazingly…..
Welcome to AmeriCorps- My Week One of Service
Week 1: Welcome to AmeriCorps Week 1: Welcome to AmeriCorps From the very beginning of the day on Monday the 27th of August, I felt like I was professionally coming home. And that feeling has lasted through the week. I…..
Getting Ready for Service
My Story’s Background: Linda Grimmer 2021/22 I came to AmeriCorps this year out of a space I think many Americans may have been in recently. I was re-evaluating things due to the widespread pandemic. Did I still want to be…..
What’s at your core? Put your values into action and serve.
What’s at my core? What drives me? What matters? Those are questions so many Americans asked themselves this past year. What really matters when the whole world is turned upside down is what’s at your core. For Americans, we are at our best when we come together for a common…..
2021 National Book Festival
Create your National Book Festival experience with the Library of Congress in 2021 by engaging in author conversations online, watching the broadcast special on PBS, listening to NPR podcasts, tuning in to Washington Post Live author interviews and attending a…..
Evidence of teacher bias
AUGUST 27, 2018 Teacher Bias: The Elephant in the Classroom TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS from The Grade Network When discussing inequality in the classroom, it’s tempting to focus on external factors like socioeconomic status or educational tools like rubrics; it’s more uncomfortable to tackle a topic…..
THE COGNITIVE BIASES TRICKING YOUR BRAIN
Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?By Ben Yagoda SEPTEMBER 2018 The Atlantic I am staring at a photograph of myself that shows me 20 years older than I am now. I have not stepped into the twilight zone. Rather,…..
Unconscious Bias
Here are some readings on the topic for your research. Being Conscious about the Unconscious Are these unconscious biases hardwired into our brains as an evolutionary response, or do they emerge from assimilating information that we see around us? Implicit…..
The Names
A Poem tribute by Poet Laureate Billy Collins on the Names on the Ground Zero Memorial, the names read out on every anniversary usually by the survivors of those they lost.