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KNOWING THE STUDENTS WE DON’T TEACH by Will Harrington

On August 23, 2020   /   Not Your Father's School, NotYourFathersSchool, Uncategorized  
KNOWING THE STUDENTS WE DON’T TEACH by Will Harrington

THIS IS A GUEST POST BY A YOUNG INDEPENDENT SCHOOL TEACHER (currently in search of a position after his previous school downsized due to COVID, BTW). I’m delighted to share Will’s perspective here. Conversations about the start of the school year have been dominated by the question […]

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In Memoriam–David W. Gow

On December 19, 2011   /   David Gow, Not Your Father's School, NotYourFathersSchool, students, teachers, The Gow School  

My father’s school is a bit subdued today, as the former head, my father, died this morning. It’s a lovely, green campus, with some imposing brick edifices and a couple of the original converted farm buildings that still do good service. Despite its location in prime Snow […]

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LANDS

I here affirm that the offices from which I work are situated on lands that have a very long and continuing history as a locus of residence, livelihood, traditional expression, and exchange by the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wabanaki, Hohokam, O’odam, Salt River Pima, and Maricopa people. The servers for this website are situated on Ute and Goshute land. We make this acknowledgment to remind ourselves, our educational partners, and our friends of our shared obligation to acknowledge and work toward righting the inequities and injustices that have alienated indigenous peoples from the full occupation and utilization of these spaces.