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I'm an elementary school teacher turned high school English teacher, School-Based Teacher Leader (SBTL), and adjunct professor here in Philly. These posts are the views, as I see them, from room 105, my first classroom number. Enjoy, engage, and share!

Thursday, August 5, 2021

My students talked redlining and crime

Their hearts ache.

My heart aches.

Collectively,

we ache.

Often.

Last fall, my class and I were still trying to define ourselves as a class and as high schoolers who podcast. Very early on we recorded an episode for "Behind the Eyes of Our Youth," our student-led and driven podcast. The episode was on redlining and whether those practices were and are the root causes of crime in our majority Black neighborhoods. They came up with the topic and explored the answers.

Take a listen.

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