Posts by Tess Ormseth

In a previous blog post, Marceline DuBose and I wrote about the resistance educational equity facilitators can expect. And it is unsurprising that someone standing in front of a room full of people arguing that perspectives should shift and resources should be reallocated would receive that kind of push-back. But when one educator makes an…

I remember sitting through a teacher workshop where the trainer taught us exactly as she thought we should teach our students, modeling the tone, demeanor, and sequence of the lesson. Walking us through simple steps of cutting out shapes and writing our names on the back of the project. It was excruciating. And I remember…