Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week we returned from Autumn Break! Mon, 06 Oct I taught a workshop at the university where I’m based, Høgskolen i Østfold to teachers-in-training about teaching writing! Wed, 08 Oct I taught the first of a three-part workshop to teachers at Halden VGS, an upper elementary school, about offering … Continue reading 2025-10-11 How We Remember Shapes How We Teach

read time: approximately 10 minutes This week It was Autumn Break! But evidently just for students. And if you are a parent of a student. If you don’t have children you were to be at work? This is the thing I have understood the least so far.  Thursday, 02 October went to the county police … Continue reading 2025-10-04 And Time Marches On

read time: approximately 14 minutes This week I Helped to prepare the Center for a conference Monday, Sept 22;  Received emails from CSU about a militia-like presence on campus because of a vigil and protest for Charlie Kirk, who was supposed to speak at CSU on Sept 18; Was told by my CSU friends to … Continue reading 2025-09-20 What does it mean to be an American? In these times?

read time: approximately 14 minutes total: ~5 minutes for Part I; ~7 minutes for Part II; ~2 minutes for Part III This week Wed, 10 Sept I facilitated my first workshop at Halden VGS, with vocational studies students (electricians); Th, 11 Sept I traveled to Moss, Norway; Fri, 12 Sept I facilitated to workshops at … Continue reading 2025-09-13 Language

2019-07-13 What is Justice? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about justice: what is it? Who gets it? What does that look like? Inspired by Gloria Ladson-Billings’ acceptance address for the AERA Social Justice Award (2015), I picked up Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Both texts have me thinking about how we define justice, what … Continue reading Blog roll