Dr. Stuart Rhoden

There are many folks who are smart, but we folks are built different. We have to navigate so many intersectional lanes to thrive and survive the city.

As we grow older it becomes normal for us to be in spaces where we’re not normally seen. Kudos to Lupe Fiasco for kicking and pushing down doors, barriers and biases.

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“Allow yourself to be multifaceted, solely for the sake of learning something new” - @lupefiasco x @mit_cmsw MIT RAP CLUB Presents: “The Current State of Rap Theory: Methodologies & Models” with Professor/Scholar Wasalu Jaco A.K.A. Lupe Fiasco #college #mit #rap #calculus

I’ve got something to say. That’s how I started my first Substack, and since then I’ve written about what it costs to be a Black father raising children in predominantly White spaces, about school closings and what communities lose when institutions treat buildings as budget lines, about Pride in Chicago and Transgender Day of Remembrance and why bearing witness is not optional for those of us who care about others and teach the full range of humanity. This post is about all of it. And none of it. It’s about what runs underneath.

Please read and share widely! And as always, thanks for your support! ❤️

https://open.substack.com/pub/stuartrhoden/p/your-environment-made-you-and-its?

Your Environment Made You. And It's Making Your Students Too. From the South Side of Chicago to Phoenix. What Dewey, Tupac, and my mother taught me before I had a name for it.

I recently updated my website to reflect my work on institutional trust, cultural trust, and academic recovery in education.

It’s been a meaningful return to writing, presenting, and learning. I am forever grateful for the conversations, mentorship, encouragement (both gentle and direct), and the many villages and communities that continue to uplift me and this work.

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STUART RHODEN, PH.D. ​ Dr. Stuart Rhoden's a reas of focus include: Social-Emotional Pedagogy Social Justice Issues Anti- Bias Awareness Culture and Diversity Acceptance Critical Mindfulness and Trust Dr. Stuart...

BREAKING: Minnesotans are reeling after a man was shot dead in Minneapolis earlier on Saturday involving federal immigration agents from Customs and Border Protection. The shooting comes as tensions over a surge in ICE enforcement actions have the area on high alert. According to Minneapolis police, the victim was a 37-year-old man. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said he was believed to be a Minneapolis resident. He had no prior criminal record. Follow updates at link in bio.

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You might’ve seen this video earlier this year, when I guest lectured at my alma mater, Duke University, in @aarondinin’s class and talked about the thing people miss most when it comes to managing frustration and taking on hard tasks. It was one of my favorite moments, and the response from you all was so meaningful that I wanted to bring it back - whether you’re seeing it for the first time or could use the reminder as you head into the new year.⁠ ⁠ Building resilience isn’t pretty. It’s messy, hard, and it relies on learning how to tolerate frustration.⁠ ⁠ Frustration tolerance is one of life’s most essential skills. The more we can tolerate frustration, the more we can learn, the more we can struggle, the more we can take on challenges, the more we can bounce back from failure.⁠ ⁠ Our goal as a parent is not to get our kids from not knowing to knowing as fast as possible. Our job is to teach our kids how to tolerate the space in between. If you do this exercise with your kid today, then the next time they get frustrated you’ll be able to say, “Oh yeah you’re in that Learning Space! This space is frustrating and I know you can handle it.”⁠