Even if from the sky, poison befalls all, I’m still sweetness wrapped in sweetness wrapped in sweetness - Rumi, translated by Ari Honarvar I have somehow known this my whole life. Somehow, despite growing up neglected, abused, often homeless, devouring poetry on the library floor, sleeping in a church basement at 16, scribbling in notebooks and waking up next to strangers. Poetry does that, it gives us the gifts that we cannot give ourselves. But we aren’t here to talk about

*I rage-wrote what became this post after a department meeting where we discussed the occupation of Minnesota by ICE. It came up that it was possible students were supportive of "what ICE is doing" and the comment was made that "we have to be inclusive to everyone." Act I: Pretending everything is normal is not an act of resistance Pretending everything is normal is not an act of resistance. It is a refusal to name harm, a performance of professionalism, and a convenient way

This post builds on my ongoing work with restorative practices in schools, including my latest publication in Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, where I explore how racial discipline disparities persist, even in districts that claim to have eliminated them. You can read that study here. I am not here to write about the what of restorative justice. I'm concerned with the how and the why. What are the worldviews that guide restorative practice, and what are the systems

There Are Still More Black Boys in the Office: Why racial disparities in school discipline persist—even with restorative justice There...

UnDisciplined is a space for me to share my thoughts about liberation, teaching, disability, research, and the politics of care. After many conversations that encouraged me to share more publicly, I started this blog; both to share my thoughts, and as a place for starting conversations. Instead of sharing one-way "expert" takes, my vision is for this blog to hold complexity, ask hard questions, and interrogate the systems I am a part of. I hope something here resonates, chal