My Letter in The LA Times

 Following Monday's report in the Los Angeles Times about "what it's really like" navigating discipline in a real-life, real-time classroom, I sent in a letter which appeared today.

One curiosity to me (pointed out by my husband) is that of the five letters published, four come from education professionals--and, of those four, I'm the solitary woman voice.

Women statistically outnumber men in pink-collar K-12--and have, for nearly 150 years. The current ratio among professionals is nearly 8 to 2.

Where are you, Ladies? And what do you have to say about your workplace?

2009 NWSA Conference in Atlanta

I am fortunate to be presenting in a panel discussion Sunday November 15 with co-authors from (Re)Interpretations: The Shapes of Justice in Women's Experience (Cambridge Scholars Press 2009).

My paper explores a nearly ten-year legal case of student-on-teacher sexual bullying that took place in an affluent area of Los Angeles.

You can access the full chapter, "Language Teachers and the Law: Resisting Silence," in PDF form here.

Pacifica Radio: Politics or Pedagogy with John Cromshow

Here's the link to my interview with John Cromshow on KPFK. My segment is in the middle. We talk about Teaching at Point Blank, the link between teacher and student safety in schools, and the impact of standardization on instruction and learning.

Please give a listen!

Best of the Web Nomination!

Thank you to the editors of Poemeleon for nominating my essay, "Not So Gay at the YMCA," for Best of the Web 2009.

You can catch the essay here, in the Gender issue of Poemeleon.

Welcome to Teacher at Point Blank: the Book Page!

Thank you for visiting this site!

Catch me on John Cromshow's "Politics or Pedagogy" Sunday, October 25: KPFK 90.7 FM at 9:00 a.m.

What should we remember when we talk about preventing violence on campuses and making schools safer for students and teachers?

Please post your thoughts here.