Reason #9999 why Jason Reynolds News is forever my author crush. Not even embarrassed to say that all my Ss knew it, too.😅🥰

42 for 42. #OxfordStrong

Cancelling student loan debt would allow borrowers to: ✅Buy a home ✅Start a family ✅Save for the future ✅Reinvest in the economy President Donald J. Trump must #CancelStudentDebt

bell hooks was a major influence on me as a teacher. She’ll be missed…. “As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence.” -bell hooks

Don’t forget to join us & our panelists Elizabeth Rich, Dr. Christopher Emdin, Dr. Lori Patton Davis, and Dr. Tyrone Howard TOMORROW for a national forum following a screening of a Dr. Phil Show episode on #CRT in K-12 with Shaun Harper. Register at uscrec.info/crt.

Indoctrination argument is in and of itself a moot point when discussing CRT. The goal of education is to teach Ss how to think and consume information critically. Important that our Ss are aware of the reality that exists and the role race plays in this. Christopher Emdin

Education isn’t memorizing that Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required. Real education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself. We must never forget what hate does to us.

When I was a high school English teacher, I was constantly blown away by how willing and how eager my students were to grapple with the difficult topics and questions that arose from books we read. Young people are capable of far more than many adults often give them credit for.

"I don't want to punish America for this history; I want to liberate us. I want us to get to something better. But to get there, we're going have to talk more honestly about the barriers we constructed over 400 years." - EJI Director Bryan Stevenson

If someone created an education system JUST FOR THEM that made it difficult to get into colleges created FOR THEM which made it hard to get into law schools designed FOR THEM to learn a constitution written FOR THEM, they’d probably assume anyone who is NOT THEM is unqualified.

"Critical thinkers will ask critical questions and that's not always comfortable." -@RosaIsiah via Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Navigating Tensions Over Teaching Race and Racism In education, we say that we want Ss to be critical thinkers, but do we really? 1/2

This Trans Day of Visibility, we continue combating misinformation. This resource can help you learn more about trans people and our history. Check it out: #TDOV transvisibility.day

#Ramadan starts tomorrow, so I wanted to share a mini guide for coworkers of Muslims ✨ — inspired by GitLab's value of doing the smallest thing possible, here's a twitter 🧵

THE DREAM😍

insane how the only notable change since Sandy Hook is that kids are now formally trained to hide, barricade doors, fight, or run for their lives. that was the solution. to literally put the responsibility on them to figure it out and wish them luck.

I said what I meant and I meant what I said!

The student panel at the #PellTurns50 event is a great reminder that college info isn’t easily accessible for everyone and the cost of college extends far beyond tuition. We need to do more to help students access and afford #HigherEd #DoublePell