What “traditions” are upheld at your school? And how direct are you about the need to eliminate racist ones? Especially with people in positional power? ❓Here’s a helpful phrase: “Do you want to be known as a racist institution?” 🗣

The 1776 Project is "a national political action committee dedicated to electing school board members nationwide 'who want to reform our public education system by promoting patriotism and pride in American history.'" #nced Via Education Week edweek.org/leadership/why…

I can hardly believe it 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 #LeadwithLeandro

I feel like I finally understand what’s going on *here* 🤯👇🏼.

Interested in critical/justice-oriented language pedagogies? Antiracism/anticolonialism in language ed?Consider applying to the PhD program in C&I at UW-Madison UW–Madison School of Education! Full funding for 4 yrs. Application deadline for fall 2023 is December 1. ci.education.wisc.edu/academics/grad…

Check out the first look trailer for WILMINGTON ON FIRE: CHAPTER II. The film will premiere on November 10, 2023!!! youtu.be/DJyGcUZymbQ

#ChildrensDay

But also remember, legislation like this is introduced to distract us from other bad bills being introduced that hurt communities and deprive vulnerable communities of resources. Stay focused. We will fight them all!

Momentum is building around the #AmericanTeacherAct (H.B. 882) which now has 50 co-sponsors and 81 endorsers! This bill is putting real action behind the belief that teachers deserve higher wages. More details in this article from USA TODAY; bit.ly/3k3vgRR #Teachers

Thanks to my hometown’s UL Chattanooga, Greensboro, NC’s Racial Equity Institute, and ⭐️ facilitators like Deborah Stroman, I finally got started on the Groundwater training today. Scope it out for yourself or your institution here: racialequityinstitute.org

This is what it looks like to be about #studentvoice! District leaders in Abbotsford Schools seated listening to student teams present their change visions, rooted in #streetdata gathered from peers, with loving accountability for adults. #EquityTransformationCycle Jamila Dugan

Please share with any folx ready for #equity work in #curriculum in any context. #education #teacher #creativelearning #liberatoryeducation

I am looking for public school districts that have Offices of Equity that have provided updates or presentations to their school boards. Special pref for anywhere you know the work is being done authentically &/or is well established. TIA for any assistance, insight, or RT!