Excellent Sheep – Musings on Elite Education
Been spending a good amount of time this holiday break hanging with the family and crocheting pillows to replace the ones that my stupid best friend’s stupid dog ate while I was so generously dogsitting. But also, have been doing a lot of reading. The brokenhearted...Opening Doors Expanding Opportunities Grant — Collaborate???
Opening Doors Expanding Opportunties Grant (see below) FROM KELLY: I am working to rally folks from our district to apply and if y’all are in a similar spot, would love to trade ideas and notes. I’d advocate for any plan our district put together to...How Students of Color Confront Imposter Syndrome
Beautiful Ted Talk from an inspiring teacher! “I centered my instruction on the lives, histories and identities of my students. And I did all of this because I wanted my students to know that everyone around them was supporting them to be their best self. So...A Year in Two Different Worlds: Why Integrated Schools are Essential
(a few months old… but I just saw it, so…) From a teacher’s POV… And Katherine Meeks marks the difference between her two experiences as defined by integration (or lack thereof) — not good staff/bad staff, good kids/bad kids, etc etc...That Day my Son Felt Too White for his School: When “Belonging” and School Integration is Just Really Hard…..
Lest anyone imagine that our school integration story has been smooth, that my offspring are always on board and willing, that all this talk about awareness and multi-racial/classial friendships has been easy, today my son came home and told that he doesn’t want to go to school there anymore.