Mary Cowhey

Events

January 2, 2010 4:00pm Families With Power (FWP) Parrandha, starting at Apt 3082 Hathaway Farms, 73 Barrett St., Northampton, MA

January 12, 2010, 5:30pm FWP Family Field Trip to the Lilly Library, Florence, MA (snow date: January 14)

January 13, 2010, 4:40-6pm Pioneer Valley Reading Association, presentation re: FWP’s Family Writing Project, at the Chicopee Elks Club, Chicopee, MA

January 22, 2010 FWP Youth Talent Showcase and Family Potluck Dinner, Florence Community Center, Florence, MA

February 5, 2010 Wisconsin State Reading Association, presentation re: Nurturing Critical Thinking Through Philosophical Discussion, Milwaukee, WI

February 12, 2010 FWP Family Reading Party, Hampshire Heights Apt 1A, Jackson St. Northampton, MA

February 26, 2010 FWP Family Reading Party hosted by Josefina Rodriguez, Pheasant Hill Apartments #10, Barrett St., Northampton, MA

March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and April 7, 2010 FWP Family Writing Project 6-8pm Community Room, Meadowbrook Apartments, Florence, MA

March 6, 2010 Teachers College, Columbia University, keynote talk, New York, NY

March 14-17, 2010 Equity Initiative retreat, Newport News, VA

April 14, 2010 State University of New York, Cortland, NY

May 21-22, 2010 Families With Power Annual Organizing Retreat, Hawley, MA

October 16, 2010 Virginia Diversity Network, Richmond, VA

Selected Works

Community Service Learning
The Thanksgiving Lesson
First graders learn about compassion, action and change in response to hunger and homelessness int heir community.
Education
Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades
"One hell of a read."
–Linda Christensen, author of
Reading, Writing and Rising Up
Integrated Curriculum, Authentic Learning, Child-Generated Investigations
Where’s Your Shirt From? Second Graders Learn to Use Data to Change the World
A student's question, "Where do you look for the union label?" sparked an investigation into where our clothing is made, integrating a mathematical data investigation, geography, economics and social justice."
Families With Power, Home-School Connection
Learning to Roar
Families With Power’s goals are grassroots parent empowerment and increasing student achievement.
Inquiry-Based Science and Standardized Testing
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Test
I teach child-oriented inquiry-based science based on the standards not specifically to raise test scores but to raise creative problem solvers, empathetic doctors and ethical researchers.
Family Diversity
Heather's Moms Got Married
Second graders talk about same-sex marriage and family diversity.

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