Lisa Delpit's quote: "No one can learn in a setting that doesn't appreciate what they bring" sets the stage for your important story and message. I love the way you take the fraught area of required test taking and humanize it for your students through poetry. The way you celebrate each student's uniqueness in a class list poem by naming and noticing what you see and value in each student is ingenious, affirming, and inspiring.
Lisa Delpit's quote: "No one can learn in a setting that doesn't appreciate what they bring" sets the stage for your important story and message. I love the way you take the fraught area of required test taking and humanize it for your students through poetry. The way you celebrate each student's uniqueness in a class list poem by naming and noticing what you see and value in each student is ingenious, affirming, and inspiring.