by Gabriella | Sep 24, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections
If we’re ever going to change this world, we have to consider who we’re excluding. It’s exhausting to have to put in extra time, energy, and money to adapt nearly everything we interact with.⠀ Whether it be curricula, articles of clothing,...
by Gabriella | Sep 22, 2021 | Accessibility, Essays and Reflections, Professionals
Inclusion is not solely a disability matter. We cannot talk about representation while excluding other identities.⠀ ⠀ Schools do this well when they boast STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for girls. While this is progress, members...
by Gabriella | Sep 20, 2021 | Professionals
The number one question I receive is what to do about motivation. The child is either unmotivated or is easily bored. ⠀ I don’t believe in forcing children to do anything. The child’s resistance in learning is a message. What is that message?...
by Gabriella | Sep 10, 2021 | Essays and Reflections, Homeschooling, Professionals
Standardized tests are inherently ableist. This one-size-fits-all method of evaluation is highly problematic and often debated in conventional schooling (only skimming on the fact that it’s discriminatory). In the homeschool setting, they’re an abomination....
by Gabriella | Sep 8, 2021 | Essays and Reflections, Homeschooling, Professionals
It’s not good enough to say we will modify, adapt, and accommodate. Standards were never built for all learners. Period. For decades, we have twisted ourselves into knots trying to force equity into a system that was never equitable to begin with. We’ve...
