Research shows that students who experience traumatic stress are more likely to struggle in the classroom. But relationships and stability can go a long way to preventing that. Watch the 4-part video series here: edwk.it/3oWT7iW

Get answers to 5 key questions about Dr. Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden's new Education Secretary. Join EdWeek's Evie Blad and Andrew Ujifusa for a Facebook Live on Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. ET at facebook.com/edweek.

5 big questions facing Miguel Cardona, Biden’s pick for education secretary chalkbeat.org/2020/12/23/221…

"Will our nation experience the beginning of the Third Reconstruction in 2021, a moment that the racial justice protests of 2020 seemed to portend? This is an inherently hopeful question ..." EJ Dionne Washington Post Opinions @WashingtonPost washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021s…

#purpose

Speak on this! #purpose #HBCUmade

#FEAR-Changing demographics, THE democracy heard the voice of THE people (Black folks showed out), THE democracy begins to look like THE people (MARGINALIZED groups in “big seats”). An attempt to “reclaim their time” #maxinewaters. The summation of yesterday.

"Researchers can play a role in helping us learn from the missteps of 2020—and the missteps taken long before the coronavirus swept across our land that made our system particularly vulnerable to its ravages," writes Michael McShane. #EWOpinion edweek.org/leadership/opi…

Thankful for meeting Deb Hill

Republicans put holds on Haaland's nomination hill.cm/tC2RTY3

There is no greater blessing than to be in #community with people who care deeply about your success, #healing, and well-being. RT if you’re with me ✊🏾

The DeSantis playbook on race and education is just an updated edition of what I saw in the South in the 1960s.

Haven’t tweeted in a while. But super excited to attend #AMTE2023 this week in #NOLA. More excite that I met Rochelle Gutierrez (Dr. Rochelle Gutierrez) at the BIPOC reception last night. Here’s to the next three days of Math Ed. research!

Can I say, you can never go anywhere without running into an #NCATSU #Aggie! Walking into the opening session. Who do I see representing Guilford County Schools! Alan Hooker #amte2023 #nola

Opening session: Uniting to advocate for teachers and the teaching profession. Quote resonating with me. “To be human is to be a mathematician” @Luz_BilngMathEd #AMTE2023 #NOLA Training math Ts that Ss can’t be robbed of this ability. The work is to change this narrative.

Love our children more than we dislike each other -unknown author .. But powerful truth! Malcolm B. Butler AMTE #AMTE2023

While it's personally dispiriting to see your work targeted in bad faith, what's more distressing to me is that the lives of women of color I've written about are being diminished and erased in a political moment in which we need their stories most.

When there is progress, there is always retrenchment. There is momentum behind anti-racist and intersectional frameworks to help American students understand history and make sense of justice. The pushback now is from the forces that stand against multiracial democracy.

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