Effective collaborative learning requires planning to avoid existing racial, gender, socio-economic, linguistic, academic or other divisions within the classroom.
This teacher's classes were in the middle of reading a Sherman Alexie classic that spurred deep discussions and powerful writing. Then several women came forward to say #metoo about the author.
On the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, we encourage teachers to break through the simplistic King narrative and share his righteous anger at poverty and militarism.