Can critical questions and complicated conversations addressing issues of representation, difference, and witnessing be positioned at the centre of a TYA curriculum? This article examines contemporary, issue-based and culturally specific TYA scripts. In addition, a collection of aesthetic representations are offered as dynamic prompts to help…

Writer's workshop is a popular curriculum opportunity in most US schools. This case study of two Black boys engaging in a Kindergarten writer's workshop richly contextualizes their writing identities and practices. A critical childhood studies framework was used to show how Black boys and their White teachers improvised writing-related…

Standardization and accountability forces in education have created a landscape that prioritizes surveillance and treats teaching and learning as transactional. This article explores how a teacher educator and student teachers sought to navigate these constrained spaces by centralizing tensions and acting agentively. Student teachers reflect on…

As the face of education in Philadelphia's public schools changes in response to budget constraints and politics, current "Teach For America" (TFA) corps members' roles have also changed. These changes have resulted in the majority of second-year TFA corps members being relocated from school district to charter-managed schools, many of…

Present two "readers theater" scripts of a small-town New England high school community's confrontation with changing values and curriculum. The scripts serve as vehicles for opening up dialog about what constitutes sound teaching and learning practices. The first script explores mental models of "good" practices held by…