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Dr. Humphrey, Tear Down this Wall!

I had a wall. It separated me from my students. It was constructed out of my understanding of “professional distance”....

Agency

I have trouble articulating my Rewilding Pedagogy in traditional pedagogical terms. I do not see it as project-based learning, service-learning or...

The Arena

As we step out of the Honduran heat and into the blue-tinted shade of a tarp-covered classroom, a wave of...

What is the Optimal Size of Your Tribe?

We’re no ordinary class. Other classes have structure and definitive standards regarding what constitutes an A, B, C, D, or...

The Choice

Brian and Kevin were my neighborhood friends. They were also my neighborhood tormentors. Childhood relationships were complex on my small...

Hold the Line

NOTE: This post and all future posts are draft sections of my upcoming book titled “Tribal Teaching: Rewild Your Students and...

What Will We do When there are No More Poor People?

A world without poverty has been predicted to arrive by 2035. This is a cause for celebration. However, is it also...

The Do-Gooder Industrial Complex

I was in eighth grade. It was a cold spring morning in Ohio. And, I was holding my mom’s hand...

7 Books for Becoming a Change-Making Animal

When I am on my deathbed, I want to be able to look my loved ones in the eyes and...

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