Category Archives: Ethics

Teaching Memo: Holocaust Education 7-Week Unit of Study

Posted on 2021/04/06 by Steve Capone

“So here it is – I’ve built this unit. It’s the plan I bring with me into a 7-week course on the Holocaust with my current sixth graders…” Continue reading →

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Schools Should Embrace Pluralism, not Neutrality

Posted on 2020/11/01 by Steve Capone

As with every federal election cycle, educators and administrators are once again engaging in conversations about neutrality in our schools. Should teachers discuss elections? Should they say anything that might seem to agree with one side or the other in … Continue reading →

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Teacher to Teacher: A Letter to a Naively Racist and Classist Younger Me

Posted on 2020/08/13 by Steve Capone

Steve, I’m here to address a problem that you’re going to want to dismiss as soon as you hear it. I’ll cut to the chase. When people talk about systemic racism, you are a part of the system perpetrating the … Continue reading →

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Traffic, and what it says about your city and its people

Posted on 2017/06/28 by Steve Capone

There’s a lot you can tell about a city by observing its traffic patterns and the habits of pedestrians on the street. In New York, for instance, the people are moving quickly – the vehicles as well. The walkers and … Continue reading →

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Telling Myself Stories About Myself

Posted on 2017/06/12 by Steve Capone

John Locke followed his assumptions (holding experience to be paramount) through to the conclusion that what makes us human is our collections of disconnected ideas – memories – that there is no self underpinning these memories. We’re bundles of ideas. … Continue reading →

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