realizing that I majored in special education because it was the largest inequity in my own high school ... but my biggest desire is actually to change the general funding structure of public education #smallgoals
she do be humble @GloriaLadson "I did come up with the education debt, but I won't spend time talking about that... I will suggest that debt is the accumulation of factors that disenfranchises the marginalized" [paraphrased b/c she's so amazing I can't keep up] #rrjconference2020
the time @MilnerHRich takes to thank and mention every collaborator of #rrjconference2020 is just a testament to his character and to what I aspire to be
"they will not go search for jobs for us...so I go search for jobs for my students because that was not done for me" @GloriaLadson "how about doing for those students what you have done for other students?" #rrjconference2020
"We have an overdependence on programs where we are exploiting black students. There are football games being played today because it makes money." @GloriaLadson@RaceResearch#RRJConference2020
“the tale of 4 pandemics
- covid-19
- racism
- economic collapse
- climate catastrophe
and these are all impacting the same people at the same time, and most of all, Black people”
~ Dr. Larson-Billings #RRJConference2020@RaceResearch
GAH the gunshots while I’m trying to focus on #RRJConference2020 just show how badly we need to reimagine the future of our educational system and ‘justice system’ & the relationships we are building w/ our students
how different would STL be if each child 3-18 had just one teacher who held them to high standards, had a relationship w/ them, & teaches w/ potential-based instead of deficit-based methods