Bending The Arc

  • Bending The Arc BHM 2025

    What a time to be alive! What a time to be Black! Dear friends, One of the things that brings me back to the page month after month is knowing that I’m not alone in my thinking. Between editions of the newsletter, I carry you with me and consider what we might need or find…

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  • Bending The Arc January 2025 (2nd Attempt, grrr…)

    Dear Subscribers, I hope this email finds you. While migrating from Substack to WordPress, I have found it challenging to make sure that subscribers actually receive the email. Here’s hoping that this time it works and we can carry on like old times. This month’s post should now be just a click away. (Or, available…

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  • Bending The Arc January 2025

    Ok, we’re here on WordPress instead of Substack trying to continue what we started. Thanks for trusting me with your email address. I want to believe that we’re in reasonably good hands here and that we can pick up where we left off. The format is OK, but it doesn’t feel like home yet. Maybe…

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  • Bending The Arc is migrating

    Social Justice on any of these platforms is illusory Dear friends, Although I’m not sure where this newsletter will end up – on which platform, under which conditions – but it’s clear that remaining on Substack is no longer an acceptable option. The founders continue to incorporate right wing media personalities and infrastructure into their…

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  • Bending The Arc December 2024

    A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators The Practice Factory It happens sometimes when I’m leading a line of students down the hall, 1st grade or 4th or perhaps 3rd, I stop. The line is especially noisy. I turn around and wait. The group quiets. We resume walking and immediately the chatter picks up again. I…

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  • Bending The Arc Late November 2024

    Still a Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Dear friends, I needed some time before trying to put this newsletter together. I made a conscious decision to write after the US election rather than beforehand. I opted to wait until we knew what was what. I considered the many projections that the results would likely be…

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  • Bending The Arc GOTV 2024

    A Social Justice and US election call-to-action missive GOTV: Get Out The Vote. I’m here for that specific purpose writing to you now. If you are a registered voter in the US, this is my little something extra to encourage you and all the registered voters in your lives to get to the polls and…

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  • Bending The Arc October 2024

    A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Mimesis By Fady Joudah My daughter                         wouldn’t hurt a spider That had nested Between her bicycle handles For two weeks She waited Until it left of its own accord If you tear down the web I said It will simply know This isn’t a place to call home…

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  • Bending The Arc Meet-Up!

    A Newsletter First! Hi friends, The first Bending The Arc Meet-up is happening on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024, 15:00 -16:00 CEST. (That’s 9am EST, 8pm in Hanoi, right?) Please join if you are able! I don’t have a fancy zoom account where you can register beforehand so just come as you are! One question I’ll…

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  • Bending The Arc Off-Schedule

    Still a Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Greetings! Rather than wait two weeks to share some fantastic pedagogical treasures, I want to put three options on your radar which I think and hope many will find useful and thought-provoking. Where students can make themselves at home The first is a blog post by math educator…

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