Spring 2021 - Knowles Teacher Initiative

While all of our contexts look different right now and uncertainty about the future can be overwhelming, the stories in this issue can help us see ways to care for others, ourselves, and our communities during this difficult time.

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From the Editors’ Desk: A Conversation

A conversation about how the virus affected our practice and how we contextualized this issue’s stories.

In This Issue

Spring 2021

I’m Tired.

Faven Habte

Living with the invisible tax of being a Black educator.

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Spring 2021

A Good Year

Ben Buehler

In his 17th year in the classroom, a teacher learns a new lesson from his students about what makes a successful science course.

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Spring 2021

The Unanswered Question: Coping with How Much You Can Do As a Teacher

Rohan Prakash

Adjusting my expectations and understanding of what counts as success.

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Spring 2021

Finding the Pulse of Nature through Guided Inquiry in Nature-Based Citizen Science

Beth Keskey

After my middle schoolers completed a year-long series of nature observations using technology tools, one of my students epiphanized, “I never knew the trees could tell us things. It’s like they’re talking in their own way.”

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Spring 2021

On Harry Potter and Whose Stories are Told

Jamie Melton

While taking a class about Harry Potter, I realized that teaching any subject—even science—is subjective.

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