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Sam is diagnosed with cancer.Â
Recently I went LIVE on Instagram and compared racism to cancer. I started with a fictional character named Sam who goes to the doctor because of pain that won't go away. I talked about how the doctor then runs some tests and diagnoses Sam with cancer. Sam, then, has ...
You know what's an important thing we need time for in schools? There are so many answers to that question, but the one we want to discuss here is TIME FOR REFLECTION. When teachers can reflect, so many problems are solved and so much gets better.Â
In this case, fellow educator Brent Gilson has cre...
While there are many more barriers than 4, these are four common objections people raise when they're trying to explain why they are hesitant about anti racist work in schools.Â
We have found that these are easy grabs for people, but actually reveal underlying issues, typically rooted in racism in ...
The man who was 45th president of the United States and wants to be the 47th, just did his racist thing again in New Hampshire. He decided to claim that immigrants from South America, Africa, and Asia are “poisoning” the blood of the United States. All by itself, this comment is hideous, but when pu...
The population of students in the United States working to learn English, is now 10% of public school students. This is an important number, because one of the major barriers to their proficiency is a lack of qualified educators to teach them.
First, a recent EdWeek article explains that,...
"He sits there and keeps his down and just does his work. He's such a good student."Â
"Mary was diagnosed with cancer and we didn't even know! She's such a trooper."Â
"Juan barely talks and responds only when called upon."Â
"They're such a difficult student. They fidget all day and need all these...
I guess that the nuance in knowing the difference between a book that exposes harm and one that is harmful isn't as clear for everyone as it may be for me. Let me change that.Â
There are books that cause harm. Harm, in this case, refers to offense or insult. These are books that lead the reader to ...
I know you've been watching the news and you've probably been watching our videos on social media. We can't stop talking about what DeSantis is doing, and here's why:Â
1. These book banning are racist and oppressive in every way. He hides behind certain vague phrases to appease his political base. ...
The National Center for Education Statistics has shared the news from their 2020 and 2021 research. One of the striking statistics that I think we need to meditate on is that out of 49 million public school students, 27.2 million of them are students of color. White students comprise 22.4 million. S...
