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Here's an interesting piece about taking the practice of restorative justice from prisons and using it instead of other disciplinary practices in schools...

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/10/17/08restorative_ep.h32.html?tkn=SUTF2jciDTH8F91y7avjwzZdnR%2B%2BCKn%2Fxmuw&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Assignment #1:

 Pose and address a question/dilemma/claim about “voice” and the classroom, or, more broadly, about voice and learning.

Consider these questions if/as useful:

How are you understanding/defining “voice”?

What do you see as the promise and/or the challenges of students (and others) finding and using their/our voices in learning?  In schooling?

How do you understand the relationship between “voice” and listening?  voice and dialogue?  What part might performance play?

You might want to think about these (and other) questions in terms of gender and/or in terms of learning in particular contexts and spaces (e.g. classrooms, prison, theatre, life).

Draw on texts (our shared texts and, if you want, others that are relevant) as well as experiences, again if and as relevant. 

Some thoughts about finding your way in/delving into your paper:

Our final ESem celebration and performances will be Sunday, Dec. 11, 7-9 pm in the English House Lecture Hall!  

Each group will have 10 minutes to present/perform/engage/teach and learn with us as you see fit …

Performance groups are:

Tanya, Meg, Samyuktha, Michaela, Jess

Nancy, Hayley, Jillian

Shannon, Serena

Ellen, Sam

Amy, Genesis, Sophia, Laura, Pan

Morgan, Elissa, Jia

Rae, Jacqueline, Mfon, Chandrea

Kamila, Jordan

…looking forward!

What is something you learned, and something that you taught, during the times we walked and talked w/ one another on Tuesday? (If you weren't able to join us then, name something in the last week that you learned, and something that you taught--not necessarily in school.)

I’m Jody Cohen, teacher of one of the ESem sections, and I’ll introduce myself by sharing a piece of my educational autobiography.  I grew up in a suburb outside Washington, D.C.