Elena Aydarova

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  • Political Theater of the Anti-CRT Campaign

    Political Theater of the Anti-CRT Campaign

    There is a wave of bills and resolutions that are sweeping across the country that on the surface claim to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools. Beyond the surface lie concerted efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion activities and outlaw culturally responsive teaching, critical pedagogy, and restorative justice approaches. As […]

    Helen Aydarova

    June 28, 2021
    Intermediary Organizations, Outreach, Political Theater, Teachers
    critical race theory, indoctrination, Political Theater
  • Disrupting the Disruptors: Reimagining Policy Advocacy in a Post-Truth Era

    Disrupting the Disruptors: Reimagining Policy Advocacy in a Post-Truth Era

    On October 29, 2020, I had an enormous privilege to give a keynote address to the Pennsylvania Association of Teacher Educators (PAC-TE). In this talk, I discussed how intermediary organizations and advocacy groups have engaged in promoting “science of reading” reforms across the nation. I offer this analysis as an invitation for teacher educators and […]

    Helen Aydarova

    November 14, 2020
    Intermediary Organizations, Policy Advocacy, Science of Reading, Teacher Education
    disruptors, Educational Reform, Intermediary Organizations, Policy Advocacy, Science of Reading, Teacher Education
  • The University and the Global Pandemic: In the Eye of the Storm

    The University and the Global Pandemic: In the Eye of the Storm

    This week marks the beginning of a new semester in many colleges and universities across the U.S. But unlike other semesters when the first week of classes evoked a sense of joyful anxiety and anticipation, this week has been filled with dread and a sense of a looming disaster. While some colleges and universities announced […]

    Helen Aydarova

    August 21, 2020
    Higher Education, Pandemic, Politics
    collective resistance, Higher Education, radical imagination, solidarity, university mission
  • Many Faces of Policy Advocacy: Reclaiming Teacher Educators’ Voice, Knowledge, and Authority in the Struggle for Equity and Justice

    Many Faces of Policy Advocacy: Reclaiming Teacher Educators’ Voice, Knowledge, and Authority in the Struggle for Equity and Justice

    Intermediary organizations shape teacher education policies. Teacher educators should consider how they can use some of reformers’ strategies in their own policy advocacy.

    Helen Aydarova

    February 25, 2020
    Accountability Regimes, Educational Reform, Intermediary Organizations, Policy Advocacy, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
    education reform, Intermediary Organizations, Policy Advocacy, Teacher Education
  • Data Deification

    Data Deification

    Helen Aydarova

    April 22, 2022
    Accountability Regimes, Teacher Education
    Accountability, Data, Teacher Education
  • Going Beyond Allyship: Allies, Accomplices, and Co-conspirators

    On April 7, 2021, the members of the East Alabama chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice discussed the meaning of allyship and the many forms it can take. The presentation from that meeting is available here.

    Helen Aydarova

    May 5, 2021
    Activism, Justice, Outreach
    ally, police brutality, protests
  • The Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States

    On March 3, 2021 East Alabama chapter of Showing up for Racial Justice discussed the rise of anti-Asian racism in the United States. The presentation with suggested resources as well as considerations for taking action is included here.

    Helen Aydarova

    March 4, 2021
    Activism, Justice, Outreach
    Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-racism, Racism
  • Socialization and Racial Justice

    Talking about racial justice cannot happen without taking account of whiteness and white privilege. Naming whiteness, describing how it operates in people’s lives, and examining how its benefits shape perceptions of the world is difficult work. It needs to start with what Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz calls “archaeology of the self” – a deep analysis of personal […]

    Helen Aydarova

    September 15, 2020
    Activism, Justice, Outreach
    Racial Justice, Social Change, Social Justice, Socialization
  • Global Education Resources

    During 2019-2020 academic year, I was a Global Teacher Education Fellow with the Longview Foundation. This fellowship was a part of my journey of learning about global education and decolonization of teacher education. During my fellowship year, I began assembling resources that I have found useful and insightful for thinking about ways in which teacher […]

    Helen Aydarova

    June 9, 2020
    (Im)migration, Decolonization, Global Education, Teacher Education
    Decolonization, Global Education, Internationalization, Social Justice, Teacher Education
  • Lessons from the Pandemic

    Lessons from the Pandemic

    I did not know that wild violets grow in Alabama fields. Turns out they do, right in my neighborhood. I did not know that in the back of my yard grows a dogwood tree with tender blossoms, flowers that serve as a symbol of rebirth and revival. Granted I have not been living in this […]

    Helen Aydarova

    May 6, 2020
    Outreach, Pandemic, Political Theater, Spectator
    empire, Political Theater, Social Change, Spectator
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