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Faith in Humanity & Harvest, A Teacher’s Reflection
The demands of a teacher are many. The demands of a teacher at a social justice school like Village Leadership Academy are both numerous and complex.
Who’s most likely to live in a food desert?
Through the GRC process, I am learning that it is impossible to take students through a process to activate and transform their thinking and not be transformed in the process.
VLA Students Discuss Wages in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation of incredible wealth and natural beauty; however, much of the nation’s population is impoverished.
No More Violence, No More Silence
When my students selected violence as the target of our grassroots campaign, we knew that, in order to be successful, we would need to put forth lots of time and effort.
Kindergarteners Building A Playground!
I thought introducing the grassroots campaign to kindergarteners was going to be challenging, but I found doing the show and tell to be very helpful.
Grassroots Campaign Reflection- Don’t Throw That on the Ground!
Domestic Violence: It’s Much More Common Than We Thought
As an educator, I am very rarely left speechless. In fact, you could say that, as a teacher, I am paid to speak.
CHANGE THE NAME
Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
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