School, Joy & Revolution: Takeaways from my Time at WITS

• 

• 

• 

I retired from my leadership position at Writers in the Schools (WITS) in September, and the editors of Teachers & Writers Magazine invited me to write an essay about what I learned. When I became the Executive Director in the late 90s, the most talked-about book in our library was Wishes, Lies, and Dreams by Kenneth Koch. When I left in 2020, the text on everyone’s mind was Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire. In Teachers & Writers, I use these two “book ends” to explore what I learned about teaching and writing. Please check out The Presence of Joy.