Wake-Up Call: What’s Behind A Growing Cultural Trend Confusing Teachers and Teaching?

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English - February 23, 2023 23:49 - 11 minutes - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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The term ‘woke’ is a label increasingly used to describe educators and education policies, but what does it really mean? Who created the term? How did this slang become a label used to disparage educators and education? Does it matter, and if so, why?

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Harvey Alvy has served as a teacher, principal, and university professor, and was honored to be a National Distinguished Principal. He is the author of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, and co-author of Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success.