"Immigrant students shouldn’t have to feel scared or unwelcome in school. That’s not ok. Immigrants are scared in many places, but school shouldn’t have to be one of them." #schoolsafety #studentsuccess bit.ly/3rOe5E8

The view from my desk is great now that the secondary #ESLRTs are back in the office after a successful deployment to support schools and the JCPS English Learners.

needed this today (as I scroll during a break from writing chapter 6 lol) one day very very soon.

There will be how-to guides on being resilient. There will hardly ever be how-to guides on eliminating the structural forces that require resilience in the first place.

Colonialism is not an event nor an ahistoric structure fixed in time & space. To understand colonialism & decolonization at a planetary scale demands a close examination of our geopolitical intimacies & complicities, entangled histories & struggles, & concatenated worlds.

this thread 🥹 i love cats so very much

Breaking News from the ESL Data Board The total number of English Learners JCPS is finally here⬇️

Take it from Ruth Behar: In the times of our vulnerable world, it is no longer possible to pretend to be a distant, detached observer, whether of other societies or our own. buff.ly/3ACtIU3

It was such a pleasure to speak with Ruth Behar for the #WritingLife Somatosphere series on notions of home, ethnographic writing and ways to maintain connections. Check it out here: bit.ly/3EO4bIB

Can we please settle this debate already? There is no labor shortage. There is a living wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a child care shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.

Love the AQ. Did this every day. Building community and laughing is the best way to start class ✨

I’m at Atherton High School, where students are walking out in protest of anti-LGBTQ bills filed in the Kentucky legislature.

The idea of "cultural competency" does not sit well with me for some reason. It feels like back-door essentialism. How about "structural competency?" -- places emphasis on the system that produces "cultural" responses.

SAY IT AGAIN- access not accolades!