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Category Archives: blessing the ignored and forgotten

Loneliness

Who has reached out to you when you’ve felt lonely? How could you reach out to your students in similar ways? Seeing Jill Schafhauser’s students through her eyes might stir some answers to these questions.

February 8, 2023 · 2 Comments

Hopes and Dreams

We’ve asked teachers to give us a glimpse of their students through their eyes. Today, Patrick Seifer tells us about the hopes and dreams of the individuals he’s been teaching in Florida in the United States.

January 12, 2023 · Leave a comment

Out of the Depths

Over the last five weeks, we’ve been assessing our attitudes and actions toward the ignored and forgotten by answering four essential questions. This week we give you an opportunity to answer a fifth and final question by taking it before the throne: How do my actions and attitudes need to change?

March 22, 2017 · Leave a comment

Potato Perspective

We continue to assess our attitudes and behavior toward the ignored and forgotten. This readers’ favorite offers one perspective on our fourth essential question: How do the ignored and forgotten bless me?

March 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

Equity vs. Equality

We’re still assessing our attitudes and actions toward the ignored and forgotten. This readers’ favorite helps to answer our third essential question: How can I bless the ignored and forgotten?

March 9, 2017 · 2 Comments

The least of these, my students

It’s our third week reassessing our attitudes and behaviors toward the ignored and forgotten. This week and next we’re answering our third essential question: How can I bless the ignored and forgotten? As we revisit this readers’ favorite, Jill’s love for the “least of these” gives us much to think about.

March 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

“loved by Yahweh”

It’s our second week reassessing our attitudes and actions toward the ignored and forgotten. As we reexamine this reader’s favorite, we answer the question: Why should I care about the ignored and forgotten?

February 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

The Winter of my Discontent

Given the global refugee crisis, here at Master Teaching we’re reassessing our attitudes and actions toward the ignored and forgotten. We’ve asked ourselves five essential questions which we’ll answer over the next six weeks by revisiting some readers’ favorites. This post by Kenton Kersting helps answer our first question: What’s life like for the ignored and forgotten?

February 15, 2017 · 5 Comments

The Master’s Prayer for Teachers

We started and now we close before the throne. Kimberly takes us back to the Teacher’s Prayer and brings us to our knees for students.

November 9, 2016 · Leave a comment

Education Confronts Injustice

What’s it like to be a refugee? Jen Underwood tells us and then shows how education is justice for them.

July 6, 2016 · 1 Comment

Empowering the Buffalo

“Woman is a buffalo, only man is human.” Beginning with this Thai saying and working her way toward intentional teaching, Pam Barger shares personal experiences and learning that have shaped her understanding of education of justice.

June 29, 2016 · Leave a comment

5000 Books

The Eileen Smith Liu Pan Shan Book Project recently donated its 5000th book. Five thousand books may not seem like a lot until you consider where they have gone.

June 15, 2016 · 4 Comments

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