School Resource Officers are an integral part of the school-to-prison pipeline which harms so many of our youth. Discontinuing their presence in Portland Public Schools is a big step towards justice.

“We matter. We matter”

With his pardon pen, POTUS reveals his own contempt for our Constitution, our courts, and our founding principles of equality and justice.

After the death of Sandra Bland, @karenrgood wondered what to tell her daughter about race. nyer.cm/snXvhVs #TNYarchive

Over 1/4 of middle schoolers report being bullied. The Kindness Challenge will give them skills like empathy & more: bit.ly/2wpu6V6

ICYMI – Great OregonLive.com article on #Measure98 investments raising OR's #GraduationRate, one 9th grader at a time: oregonlive.com/opinion/index.…

If the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act succeeds, Oregonians will bear the brunt of the damage. oregonlive.com/business/index…

"A leader leads by serving and serves by leading." Well said, @jodihack4oregon

Mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map vox.com/a/mass-shootin… via Vox

Opinion: 477 days. 521 mass shootings. Zero action from Congress. nyti.ms/2fO1XBz

96.7 % of kids in Oregon have health insurance. When happens when CHIP funds expire? Governor Kate Brown

Don’t tell me this is about protecting the Second Amendment when you won’t stand up for the First Amendment.

This is unacceptable anywhere in our society, but particularly repugnant at our elementary schools. #NoHate oregonlive.com/portland/index…

What could possibly explain such different responses? x.com/jesserodriguez…

300 gather, seek solutions to race disparity in Salem-Keizer schools stjr.nl/2ymEtum

New colleagues in OR: Supts Gustavo Balderas Eugene School District 4J & Yvonne Curtis Forest Grove SD. ONLY 3 Latino system leaders in state w/ 220 districts.

Fast fact: In OR similar drug use rates across all races. But black men twice as likely as white men to be convicted of drug offense. #orpol

Chronic absenteeism ticked up, but #Measure98 funds help OR schools keep their students present&ready to succeed: facebook.com/standoregon/po…

20,000 teachers are at risk of deportation if Congress fails to pass the #DreamActNow. Make your voice heard: action.stand.org/page/speakout/…

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. -James Baldwin.