12/5/16…updates and thoughts and new commitments
I’ve been posting a hell of a lot of news and other people’s work. This is good, it’s important stuff. But, honestly, it can be a bit dry. And we need to share more, you know, like people. This can’t be just a curated newsy site. The point...I was the smart black girl schooled in a white world, but zip code shouldn’t be our education destiny anymore
This is a beautiful essay. This part especially got me: “When we start comparing predominantly white communities to communities of color, I want to help people start to change the narrative from “better”… to different.” She’s right. The way we talk about schools...A Divided America Gave Us the Problem of a Donald Trump Presidency. Integration is the Solution.
by Kelly Bare Many of us are still in shock: How could so many Americans know the hurtful, unacceptable things Donald Trump has said about and done to other human beings — not to mention the outright bigotry his campaign failed to thoroughly disavow — and vote for him...Take the TWO TOUR Pledge!
As a Parent-with-Choice in support of the fundamental premise that all children have the right to a quality education, and with the belief that in choosing a school for my child I am also building the world they will live in as an adult, I pledge…
