My experience during a summer teaching residency in Chicago Public Schools (thx Arne Duncan) continues to guide my learning, teaching and leading everyday. Let’s build more! Great work-@anissa_listak & NCTR! thehill.com/opinion/educat…

“let’s take the time to treasure the disabled folks in our lives, because it is the system that is broken, not them” - let’s move from awareness to acceptance and value!

I love this! As we redefine and reimagine public education and public safety, let’s also reimagine public health. And, the only way to do any of this is to get out into the community, and meet people where they are.

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I don’t have high, low, or in-the-middle students. I only have where-they-are students. And that’s where I meet them. #Project180

Don’t use my father to justify banning teaching about racism in U.S. schools. He said this: “The roots of racism are very deep in America. Historically, it was so acceptable in the national life that today it still only lightly burdens the conscience.” #MLK

CRT is not a threat to curriculum. Conversations of late are often bound within the four walls of the classroom. This article and others like it are how we get out of the box, and apply CRT to the world around us. thelily.com/swim-caps-for-…

I am a strong advocate of the social model of disability. Yet, when we don't provide the full banquet of options for choice of independent living, we are compliant with the ADA rather than supporting it. nytimes.com/2021/07/04/opi…

Seeing one after another pillars of the championship Chicago Cubs traded these past 24 hours been like watching the wrecking ball level your old house. You know you have to rebuild but there are lots of great memories. Thanks for those Javier Báez, Kris Bryant & Anthony Rizzo!

What about the children!? Not the money Not the adults Not the buildings What about the children?

Sometimes, kids make bad choices. Sometimes, they really screw up. We hold them accountable... but we can also extend some grace. They need to know we still like them. They need to learn a lesson... but it is never constructive when they feel alienated from us.

Once we confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, our Supreme Court will finally look more like America in a way it never has before. Judge Jackson will bring her wealth of experience to the highest court, helping ensure our Constitution works for all Americans.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history as the first Black woman to join the Supreme Court. And girls everywhere will be able to dream bigger because of it.

1/2 I've noticed a striking correlation between a negative view of children and a traditional approach to ed. featuring more direct instruction than exploration; students are led, step by step, through a list of facts or skills and are continuously evaluated on their mastery...

2/2 ...of an agenda they had no part in creating. It’s assumed that even older kids can’t - or shouldn’t - participate in formulating their own questions or help to design their own investigations. All this speaks not only to our view of learning but to our view of the learners.

Not all your students come to class wanting to learn… but they all come wanting to belong. And when they feel like they belong… they’re much more likely to learn.

Tomorrow’s the day when #CharlieMakesASplash 💦📚👦🏽 comes out! Co-authored by my son RJ Peete, this children’s book celebrates diversity and inclusion & #autismacceptance! Charlie swims proudly to his own rhythm! 🔗a.co/d/8uVyq3C #autism #autismlove #childrensbooks

‘School culture is not about what the kids do… it’s about what the adults do.’ ~ Mario Acosta

I was serving in the Peace Corps on this day 21 years ago. Today I am once again living overseas but my heart remains heavy in remeberance. #neverforget

Sweet Home Chicago - Cubbie On!