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The Myth of Bullying and Harassment: Redefining Masculine Culture in Schools
The Alphas, The Betas, and The Gammas If schools are to provide a space in which boys can reflect upon masculinity and sexual identity,...
Educating Gender
Nov 16, 20216 min read
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The Dangers of Education as a Vocation
Often, educators are told, in implicit and explicit ways, that they are less than. “Those who cannot do, teach” is the classic line we...
Educating Gender
Oct 19, 20213 min read
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8 Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys about Gender. Part II: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine.
As I mentioned in Part I of this two-part post, the main approach to thinking about boys and getting them more engaged with school and...
Educating Gender
Sep 14, 20214 min read
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Eight Effective Strategies for Teaching Boys About Gender-Part I: Beyond the Canary in the Coal Mine
Rockets, war reenactments, physical conflict, slingshots, catapults, stock market simulation games, competitions, business...
Educating Gender
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Peppermint Patty, Lucy, Sally and Getting into Good Trouble
If you get the chance to travel up to Northern California, you will hopefully make a stop into Charles Schulz’s world. Yes, there is the...
Educating Gender
Aug 10, 20214 min read
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The Real Learning Loss: Not In At-Home Schooling, But In the Home
The constant buzz this year in the press and social media about the year of at-home schooling has centered on the question of learning...
Educating Gender
May 25, 20215 min read
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Disrupting Class: A Working List
Disruption in classrooms has a name and it's not Sarah. Her hair is something out of an epic Greek myth. Everyday Sarah comes to school...
Educating Gender
May 4, 20214 min read
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Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Part II
Kenny, an 11th grader at a school where I am the academic director, is struggling universally in all his classes. The school which Kenny...
Educating Gender
Apr 20, 20215 min read
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Autonomous Learning Behaviors Vs. Learned Helplessness: What’s Gender Got to Do With It? Part I
Dr. Elizabeth Fennema spent an entire career asking one singularly important question: Females, males, and math education: what gives?...
Educating Gender
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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Single Sex Education: A Road to Empowerment or Increased Oppression?
I have written previously about the potential and power of single sex education. Educating Gender examined the work of long time head of...
Educating Gender
Mar 16, 20214 min read
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The Double Standard of Physical Education in Schools
I had a love-hate relationship with gym class in school. While I loved to run around and play games, I was a heavy child after the age of...
Educating Gender
Mar 3, 20213 min read
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Inside and Outside: When Should Schools Get Involved in the Age of Social Media?
I am sitting at my desk in the nanosecond when I believe I am actually going to get some work done. It is 5pm and school has been...
Educating Gender
Feb 16, 20215 min read
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The Power of Imitation
There is a famous story of the psychologist Jean Piaget, his daughter, Jaqueline, and the witnessing of another child throwing a tantrum....
Educating Gender
Feb 2, 20213 min read
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The Culture of Schools is the Culture of Teachers
Edward T. Hall in his work, Beyond Culture, gives the reader an apt metaphor for describing what we see when we examine the culture of an...
Educating Gender
Sep 16, 20204 min read
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Strength Comes In All Shapes and Sizes
**Guest Blogger: Shannon Tepfer I am an “Army brat” and one of five kids, ranging in ages from 3 to 15 years older than me. I was born in...
Educating Gender
Sep 8, 20205 min read
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They Have Us Outnumbered!
Over the past 25 years, there has been much talk that schools need to transform in order to better mirror what the world looks like...
Educating Gender
Aug 31, 20203 min read
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Teacher Student; Student Teacher
“When adults seek to learn about and from children, the challenge is to take the closely familiar and to render it strange.” Barrie...
Educating Gender
Aug 24, 20205 min read
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Moving at the Speed of Work and Play
Dolls and Blocks and Dress Up Closets and Action Figures are for play. Desks and Pens and Books and Paper are for work. Sitting at a desk...
Educating Gender
Jul 6, 20203 min read
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I See You: Students, their Teachers, and Gender Identity
**Guest Blogger:Noa Vitaly Shvadron The first time I encountered the issue of children’s sexuality was while I was an educator at a...
Educating Gender
Jun 17, 202010 min read
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A Working Definition for Schools Regarding Masculin(ities)
All boys’ high schools, which I have worked for as a teacher, administrator and consultant, are simple to understand and, at the same...
Educating Gender
Jun 8, 20205 min read
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Jason is flexible and attentive, yet remains committed to his high expectations of my work in tackling tough situations and tasks. With a sense of humor and compassion for the rigor of a leadership position, he knows how to guide me with just the right amount of productive stress. I appreciate that.
Daphne Orenshein - Elementary School Principal: Hillel Hebrew Academy
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