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Author Archives: Karen Gross
Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door
My newest book with Columbia Teachers College Press and a sidequel to my book, Breakaway Learners, is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Columbia Teachers College Press. Publication date is June 2020, in time for faculty and staff development and classroom use for Academic Year 2020 – 2021. The title to this blog is …
We Don’t Teach Educators Enough About Trauma
Hardly a week goes by without some trauma in the US. Some events are nature made; some are human-made. There appear to be fewer and fewer “safe” places and spaces. The usually “safe” places – schools, universities, churches, concert venues, public streets – are not safe. And, there is constant media coverage of whatever horrific …
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Coronavirus, Trauma and Children
We read and hear about the coronavirus almost every minute of every day. As an educator, I read about how educational institutions are preparing for the virus in the US; some student abroad programs are being cancelled. Student enrollment going forward will change as some students will struggle to gain access to the US. The …
Trauma and Adult Learners
We live in a world surrounded by trauma. There’s no doubt about it. The trauma comes from a myriad of sources including childhood adverse experiences, natural disasters and shootings in locations commonly considered safe. The fact is that trauma produces symptoms. While symptomology differs from person to person (even within the same family), it affects …
I Beg to Differ on How to Deal with Trauma “Anniversaries”
I have been focused of late on trauma and its profound effects on students across our educational system. Most recently, I have addressed how to think about trauma “anniversaries” and the complexities that are entailed in remembering and honoring and commemorating natural disasters and other unspeakable events like school shootings, suicides and deaths by overdose. …
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Here Are 5 Things We Should Do To Improve the US Education System
An Interview with Penny Bauder (originally published on Medium) As a part of my interview series about the things that should be done to improve the US educational system I had the pleasure to interview Karen Gross. Karen has taught and continues to teach across the educational pipeline. A former college president and Senior Advisor …
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What is Lasticity?
What does Lasticity actually Mean? This book offers a new way of understanding and then narrowing this persistent and unacceptable achievement gap, through the development of a construct (replete with a new word that I hope will enter the lexicon) called “lasticity.” As a threshold matter, this approach puts its attention on both the breakaway …
Prediction in Education for 2017: Powerful Protests
The views expressed herein are my own and do not represent the opinions of any institution or entity with whom I work. Crystal balls seem to be in short supply these days. Every day is filled with the unexpected and then the following day offers up even more surprises (not all of them good). When …
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Is a Presidential Inauguration Political?
Note: The views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of any organizations or colleges with whom I work. The President of Talladega College, the oldest Historically Black College in Alabama, just asserted that a presidential inauguration is a “civil ceremony celebrating the transfer of power.” This stance is what enabled President …
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