Lisa Nielsen

The Uncomfortable History of American Schooling: 1500s to Today - The Innovative Educator Lisa Nielsen

The goal for many people following tragedies such as a natural disaster or a global pandemic, is to get back to normal. This means back to school. Back to work. But is normal what we really want to get back to?

The Uncomfortable History of American Schooling takes a look at why we do what we do. It challenges us to consider if back to normal is really what we want or if it's just what we know. It helps us grapple with the question: Could there be something better? For answers to that we look at the through-line from our past starting in the 1500s til today.




Lisa Nielsen has worked as a public-school educator and administrator since 1997. Her areas of expertise include ed tech, digital citizenship, media literacy, and digital accessibility. She is a prolific writer best known for her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator. Nielsen is the author of Teaching Generation Text as well as several other books and her writing has been featured in media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Tech & Learning, and T. H. E. Journal. For more information you can visit her LinkedIn profile at https: //www.linkedin.com/in/innovativeedu or Tweet her at @InnovativeEdu.