Breakfast w/ @IjeomaOluo at #DecolonizingEducation: “If [you] were faced with a student who wanted to be an engineer, but never gave them a math class, they’d...never become an engineer...If we want students to be anti-racist, but we never teach anti-racism, it won’t happen”
This is an important exhibit. I went last week and was deeply moved. Again reminded of the need to teach the truth about America’s history this explicitly in schools. Local friends, I highly recommend going to @Lake_B_Pres to see it before it’s gone! https://t.co/IlguxjeGI2
Final words from our Community Leadership Team member @ErinAmbrozic: "It takes all of us, at all levels of education, in this room and out of this room, to support the success of students in our region." #EdResults
“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that the pain hurts.”
#Heavy is full of important truths and I am surely now a lifelong admirer of @KieseLaymon
See how one librarian is helping students turn problem-solving and critical-thinking skills into everyday habits. #HighlinePromise https://t.co/oNUTwLqxRa
Are you looking for data on your district or school? See how demographics & outcomes have changed in South Seattle & South King County since 2010. You can sort information by race/ethnicity, income status, gender, ability, & housing status. #DataForAction https://t.co/KCnAvb3VRU
"Teachers who disregard the impact of racism on Black children's schooling experiences, resources, communities, and parent interactions will do harm to children of color." https://t.co/Am1loeBNpv
In 2018, a group of parent leaders from across the Road Map Project region met to discuss how to harness the collective power of families to help our region’s youth thrive. Our annual report highlights their work and the story of one, Iris Jael Rosas: https://t.co/RIn0NYlHKI
Here are the real stories and the real people behind the work being done on the ground in Seattle/South King County (one of our 26 grantee partners). Read more: https://t.co/ZfvcKIuynD #OpportunityYouth#AdvancingPathways
“We have to be the beloved community as we build it...ask yourself: have you been led by the children or by your own ego?”
PREACH @MsPackyetti! You got a new fan for life today. @StriveTogether#GoFarGoTogetherC2C
"Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love."
(Dr. King; from 'Where Do We Go From Here'; Aug 1967)
Our schools & classrooms are buzzing again. The 2018-19 school year is officially underway. Students jumped into learning. Teachers & staff are ready to motivate & inspire. Watch our entire first-day-of school-video here: https://t.co/SnhQGqsieM #HPSFirstDay