How can visible thinking strategies transform classroom culture and create equitable, inclusive spaces for courageous conversations? Following the Unite the Right Rally in August, seventh and eighth graders at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville, Virginia, gathered in a student-directed, elective course to investigate the origins and legacy of the rally. Join us as we share our students’ quest for understanding. In this session we will model the routines embraced by our students, discuss and explore how these routines support and empower student voices, and generate ideas for how visible thinking routines might be used to spark, enrich, and sustain school-wide conversations.
