Mastodon is nice, but I think I just have too many social media platforms and probably won't be posting here very often. You can still find me on Twitter (ChrisCMartell), Threads (ChrisCMartell), and Blue Sky (ChrisMartell) for now. https://bsky.app/profile/chrismartell.bsky.social
Christopher Martell
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Teacher Educator & Researcher; Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at UMass Boston; BPS Parent; Author of Teaching History for Justice (https://bit.ly/teachjustice); Editor of Social Studies Teacher Education (https://bit.ly/ss-te). #sschat #histodons
If you are over at Bluesky, you can find me there. Let's follow each other... https://bsky.app/profile/chrismartell.bsky.social
#LaborDay is my favorite holiday! Here is a post that I wrote for history teachers back in 2016 about the intersection of race and labor rights in the U.S. #sschat http://christophermartell.blogspot.com/2016/01/teaching-intersection-of-race-and-labor.html
So proud to have worked with Primary Source and the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on this exciting new social studies curriculum for Massachusetts teachers (or teachers in any state)! You can check it out here: https://www.doe.mass.edu/investigatinghistory/
Investigating History
The goal of the Massachusetts public K-12 education system is to prepare all students for success after high school. Massachusetts public school students are leading the nation in reading and math and are at the top internationally in reading, science, and math according to the national NAEP and international PISA assessments.
This is how we do it in Massachusetts. "Massachusetts passed a millionaire's tax. Now, the revenue is paying for free public school lunches" (and a bunch of other very important things). https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/massachusetts-millionaires-tax-free-lunch-every-kid/
On this anniversary of the U.S. use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, here is a post that I wrote some years ago with resources for teaching students about its complexities. My hope is that education can prevent it from ever happening again. #HiroshimaDay http://christophermartell.blogspot.com/2015/08/?m=1
UMass Boston is looking for an assistant professor/director of educator preparation! Candidates with backgrounds in early childhood, mathematics, or social justice ed. are especially encouraged to apply. We are the third most diverse university in the US (and our students are awesome!). Apply here: https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/job/519919/assistant-professor-curriculum-and-instruction
Check out Kaylene Stevens and my new article in The History Teacher: "Teaching Movements in History: Understanding Collective Action, Intersectionality, and Justice in the Past." If it is behind a paywall for you, e-mail me ([email protected]). https://societyforhistoryeducation.org/M23Preview.html
Also, study has major methodological flaws. Is wholly based on interviews of administrators (not observations of teachers) at a small number of schools. Writers don't usually research teacher instruction. And, this is not peer reviewed. Wish the media would report that too. 😉
About this EdWeek story. RAND, CRPE, and their funders are in the business of decreasing trust in public education. They'd like to see New Orleans-style ed reforms be a nationwide reaction to the pandemic. Undermining trust in teachers is the first step. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teachers-skills-took-a-hit-during-the-pandemic-too-report-says/2023/07
