Welcome to Grecourt to the NYC Chalkboard. This blog will be written by three magnificent Smith alumnae who are now teaching in NYC public schools. The focus of the blog will be on chronicling about their teaching experiences and reflecting with us on our course's core question: how do teachers, educators, and policy makers strive to provide quality educational experiences for youth when issues associated with a youth's social environment often present significant obstacles to teaching and learning.
In other words, our focus will on understanding how the issues facing urban educators are not merely educational issues but entwined in complex social, economic, and political circumstances.
While the question posed above invites us to analyze, deconstruct, interrogate, theorize and bring to the table all manner of high-minded intellectual analysis-- the world of schools is also fundmentally relational and human. This blog will also provide an opportunity for us to hear and correspond with three courageous and brilliant young teachers who have chosen to devote their efforts to working with youth. This blog will also give us access to the stories that comprise their lives.
Onward....
Sam
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