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I will be participating in this virtual book panel on March 15, 2024. To learn more and to RSVP, click here: https://lnkd.in/gn4J8BK5. Blurb: "This interactive book talk features three recently published authors exploring the surprising overlaps between their books around themes of community, consent, and colonization in early modern England and early America. Each of these three studies considers the powerful influence of ordinary and everyday people on shaping economic, social, and legal processes and norms. What sorts of fictions of race did schoolboys learn in the humanist classroom and how did these fictions help normalize the enslavement of racialized bodies? How were the lives of laboring men, women, and children in England disrupted by the Virginia Company’s colonial ventures in America? What accounts for the prevalence of the character of the lay magistrate in early modern drama and does it have anything to do with the rapid professionalization of the common law? The books are out, but the exciting conversation is just getting started. Join us!"

TODAY'S BLOG: My Adult Ed Lecture & Good Questions There were great questions asked in my latest adult ed class last week. Today's blog will share two of them and news about the next semester! CLICK LINK FOR STORY: https://lnkd.in/eEUYay29

Is the ability to remember everything actually an inability to forget anything? A new way to look at memory in my new essay for Medium.com:

Connections Issue 130 is out today! Our cover article explores the pros and cons of genrefying your school library's collection with insights from Carmel College's approach. Read the full story today: https://ow.ly/L3zB50SONPH

Check out this fascinating blog post on The Spectator about Robyn Hitchcock's diverting account of his formative years. The post delves into recent books about private education and its effects on society. Gain some insightful perspectives by reading the full article here: https://ift.tt/JLvKqfD

Now working on the front line in a school library, I find it fascinating the students who both regularly frequent the library and the ones who regularly borrow - and the regularly borrowing seems to be a small cohort and a particular type of student. It is not for want to access to the library - Years 7-9 have a regular class in the library as part of the English curriculum, focused on reading and comprehension - a class that would have been my favourite class had it existed when i was at school. I love listening into when i'm on desk shift. But i realised not long ago, in my school days, i would not have been the target audience for this class. The passionate (male) teacher who runs this classes asked a group the other week - "why don't you read"? Many said they couldn't find anything interesting, some they didn't have the time nor patience for a book, some said it's boring, others said why would you read the book of something when you could watch the film or TV show of it? All valid answers that can be picked apart and examined by educators. But how do we combat this? As i look to term 2 and really consolidating myself in my school library after a great term 1 settling into my new role and environment, it's really something i want to put my head to - how can I, as a lowly library tech, get greater engagement from students, particularly in the Yr 7-9 with the library and with reading?

Below are Five Verbal De-Escalation Tactics that you can integrate into your day-to-day detailed by Natalie Todak in her dissertation "De-Escalation in Police-Citizen Encounters" which you can find through Arizona State University's online library. #deescalation #trainingcourses #shsudeescalationtrainingcenter

Here's the latest edition of my Substack. I hope you enjoy reading the story!

Sociologist and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University Ruha Benjamin issues a call for us in her new book “to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future.” What if the things we dream of actually are possible, and our imaginations are the key to liberation? Check out the excerpt from her new book, Imagination: A Manifesto (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.): https://lnkd.in/ekhw5BS5 What future will you imagine? Share in the comments! #disruption #imagination #newbook #technology #education #speaker

The Ohio Department of Education is switching to the science of reading to teach our kids how to read. Check out my latest blog about the science of reading and why this is such a big win for our kids. https://lnkd.in/gBByxEJB