Ellen Dahlke·May 3, 2025Schools should prioritize vigor, not rigor.Does learning experience has to hurt to be high quality?
Ellen Dahlke·Jun 4, 2023A teacher’s response to a school board member’s take on the strikeI know that my insights are incredibly valuable in a democratic discussion of how to most effectively educate Oakland’s children.
Ellen Dahlke·Oct 30, 2022In Defense of the Kid Who “Doesn’t Do Their Part” in Group WorkWithout belonging, excellence is more like the narrow, arguably White supremacist “rigor” that neoliberal ed reformers often yap about.
Ellen Dahlke·Oct 22, 2022Essay for Jody: On Resources and ExcellenceThe time and attention of trusted community elders with relevant expertise yielded the relationships fundamental to academic excellence.A response icon1A response icon1
InEducate.byEllen Dahlke·Nov 15, 2021I’m a Teacher, and I Can’t Live Like ThisTeachers are not mental health professionals, and I desperately want to stay in my lane.A response icon14A response icon14
InEducate.byEllen Dahlke·Jun 28, 2021The Weaponization of GradesAre grades so essential an educational tool that they’re worth the damage they can do?A response icon2A response icon2
InEducate.byEllen Dahlke·Jun 8, 2021Messiness in NumbersMasquerading as a nationally standardized system, the mathematical pathways to letter grades as idiosyncratic as teachers themselves.
Ellen Dahlke·May 29, 2020HumanizingI didn’t grow up thinking I was racist or feeling pride in being white, but I also didn’t grow up thinking Black people are as human as I…
