Critical Storytelling in Urban Education

Nicholas D. Hartlep, Ph.D. (2012), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, is the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College where he chairs the Department of Education Studies. His most recent co-authored book is What Makes a Star Teacher: 7 Dispositions That Support Student Learning (ASCD, 2019). Brandon O. Hensley, Ph.D. (2016), Illinois State University, is a Lecturer and College Assessment Coordinator at Wayne State University in the Department of Communication, where he oversees assessment for the College of Fine, Performing, & Communication Arts, teaches courses in Communication Studies, and continues his research and writing.

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

 Nicholas D. Hartlep and Brandon O. Hensley



Part 1: Poetry

1. Sleepovers

 Ian Aufdemberge

2. Internet Death Sentence

 Victor Shaw

3. Resume

 Amal Shukr

4. That Place That Feels Like Purgatory

 Emma Fagan

5. Zenith

 Renée McKendrick

6. Words

 Heather Carr

7. Whale Watching

 Justine Naj

8. Why I Teach in Urban Schools

 Marvin Peterson

9. Unsolicited Callers

 Anonymous 1

10. Chasing Whiteness

 Kia Yang

11. A Letter to My Black Sons

 Mark Spurlin

12. Woman Side One

 Cece Trella

13. Final Checkmate

 Zalika Aniapam



Part 2: Stories to Change the World

14. Each One, Teach One

 Talias Deberry

15. Native: On Checking Boxes

 Avrora Moussorlieva

16. My American Dream

 Itzel Valdez Flores

17. Can You Wake Up?

 Nalee Vang

18. No Strings Attached

 Michael Harris

19. Good Touch, Bad Touch

 Anonymous 2

20. Ua Siab Ntev

 Denise Vang

21. Am I a Mother?

 Jenny Kalvik

22. A White Teacher’s Experience with Politics of “Colorblindness”

 Drayton Cousins

23. Boy to Man

 James A. Malone

24. The Effects of Mass Media and Communication Methods on the Stigmatization of Individuals with Developmental and Physical Disabilities

 Allyson Webb

25. World of “Fake News”: Effects of a Two-Word Phrase

 DeJanay Booth