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Special Education in the Art Room: Inclusion by Law and Sensitivity by Necessity
Today at an observation, I got to help out in an eighth grade classroom that happened to have three students with special needs. I saw..
Conservation Unit (Part I)
Two of my major goals this year with the blogging on Marginalia are to share some of the projects I create and to generate a lot of re..
I’m Sick & I’m Busy. What To Do When the Goin’ Gets Tough.
It will happen. You’ll be plugging along with your semester and then BAM—you’re sick. It’s bound to happen. A student is sick, a cla..
Gender Equity (+ Resources to Address It)
“This is what I want: female artists, please risk embarrassing yourself, put on your ugliest face, climb inside your mind at its worst..
New Student Spotlight: Meet Tim!
Last week, I had the pleasure of introducing you to Devin Schuyler, one of the new Art Education MAT students in Cohort 21. This week,..
Be Aware Closed Things Open
On the first Thursday of the semester, thousands of students, teachers, staff, and guests explored the campus for Columbia Crawl, the ..
Working for a Living (And Going to Grad School, Too)
I arrived in Chicago about a month before I enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA program at Columbia. I was nervous..
New Student Spotlight: Devin Schuyler, Art Education MAT Cohort 21
The new Art Education MAT Cohort is here! I thought it would be a great idea to pick the brains of a few and find out why they chose C..
Back to School: One Last Time
It’s here. The first day of school has happened, and most of you are well into your classes. What day is it out there? Right now, I’m ..
One Voice From The Strike
Yesterday was the first day of the Chicago Teachers Union strike. I awoke to the sounds of a helicopter circling a picket line near my..