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Rhonesha Blaché

September 27, 2023

International Healing-Centered Education Conference

Dave Robles

September 25, 2023

You’re an Anointed Teacher: Part 5: Reimagining the Faculty Lounge

Dave Robles

September 22, 2023

You’re an Anointed Teacher: Part 4: The Cool Thing about Kryptonite

Dave Robles

September 20, 2023

You’re an Anointed Teacher: Part 3: Our Words Have Power

The Spirit of God is at work in the lives of our students, and we cannot always see that work. If we did, we would probably give ourselves the credit. We can only be grateful that we had a small role to play in their life stories. We’re just a speck in God’s kaleidoscopic vision for that child, but...

Dave Robles

September 11, 2023

You’re an Anointed Teacher: Part 2: Becoming Divine Failures

We are anointed, and everybody in the building is better precisely because we are in there, molding and shaping hearts and minds, even as we are molded and remolded in the image of our Lord. Overwhelm your school community with your awesome. . My favorite moment in Star Wars is when Luke Skywalker...

Dave Robles

September 7, 2023

You’re an Anointed Teacher: Part I: The Game Plan!

I left Catholic Education two years ago, but the purpose-driven undercurrent of this career we chose is almost impossible to shake. The principles of Catholic Social Teaching arrested me; the need for people who call on the name of God for the ministry of teaching is great, and I would like to use...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (4 of 4)

Following the first , second and third of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit. Case Study #4: Martin’s Big Words...

Neal Shusterman

December 1, 2022

"Scythe" wins 2022 Alexandria Award

The Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame has named “ Scythe, ” a novel by Neal Shusterman about a future society that has conquered death, the 2022 winner of the Alexandria Award . The Alexandria Award recognizes a middle grade or young adult book that advances Gospel values...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

August 26, 2022

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (3 of 4)

Case Study #3: Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou Following the first and second of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (2 of 4)

In the first of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit. Overview : Our twelve week expedition explores the history of the...

Liam Driscoll - Center for Literacy Education O'Shaughnessy Fellow

“Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore” (1 of 4)

This 4 part blog series will be shared over the next several weeks, highlighting three case studies as part of the expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” and finishing with a "Celebration of Learning" segment. I teach fourth and fifth grade ELA, Social...

Dorothy Lee, Executive Director at LitWorld

Belonging, Reflection & Joy at Home, School & Work

I have always been struck by just how many similarities there are between the elements that allow children to thrive at school, and those that allow adults to thrive at work. When I first engaged with the fundamental research behind organizational design and organizational psychology, I saw all the...

Subway Series #2 Video Blog

Subways Series: Super Readers (Part 2 of 2)

First Fridays at Incarnation School O’Shaughnessy Fellows Dave Robles (5th, St. Charles Borromeo, New York City), Francesca Ciaramitaro (ELA MS, Incarnation School, New York City), and Christine Cherichella (3rd, P.S. 199, New York City) met up in Central Park to interview Francesca about how her...

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