Aloura Pearson

Ph.D. Student @UWMadison in Special Education, Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice, Former Teacher in Public and International Schools

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

Curiosity: If you are a principal or a leader in education, who are your role models? Who do you look to for inspiration?

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

@_jessicastovall @UWMadison @uw_diversity On Wisconsin!!

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Many people see grief as pain. They avoid it, suppress it, or race to process it so they can expel it from their lives.

Here’s a beautiful alternative: grief is unexpressed love.

Holding onto it is a way of staying close to the people we’ve lost.

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

Seeking Elementary, Special Educators to share their experience establishing co-teaching relationships. If you're interested/know anyone interested, please email me at the address on the flyer! #SpecialEducation #CoteachingResearch #EstablishingRelationships

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Notice how it requires a white male general to explain CRT in order for the mainstream to pause & listen while the Black woman scholar behind the theory remains largely unknown by those discussing it

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

Lesson idea: have students adapt from the graphic below. E.g. advice from a dog; advice from the ocean; advice from a musician, etc. Brainstorm your own list. Once you have a list, pick one and write. (My apologies: I do not know the source of the chart).

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@matherinep @turnmeluce I worked there! Moved back to the States two years ago but loved it immensely! So jealous...

[NBC News @NBCNews]

FULL AMANDA GORMAN POEM:

“We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one ... There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”

The 22-year-old is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history: https://t.co/SIPU57hEKH

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

@Laura4Senate @MsPackyetti I don't think he did the actual act of murdering her but he was involved. He is too powerful to get his own hands dirty.

[Andratesha Fritzgerald (she/her) @FritzTesha]

My activism is showing up and being myself. Authenticity beats fraudulent existence any day! #ShowUp #AntiracistUDL

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

I just subscribed to Disability Visibility. https://t.co/9Z2ZMpuSL9

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

Internal thoughts: If we say that we welcome conflict in education, don't we also have to say that we welcome emotions? By creating a culture that welcomes and recognizes that emotions are apart of educators' lived experiences, are we resisting dominant workplace culture?#SEL

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

Reason #146 why I appreciate Cornelius Minor and his ways of being an educator and thinking about schooling.

[Jessica Valera @techteachlearn]

Not sure where to start? "Antiracist" Grading Starts with You w/@MisterMinor has stuck with me since I first read it. We used it to launch a PD focused on feedback and assessment and it set the tone for equity and active antiracist teaching and learning. https://t.co/I7yTSltgdG

[Katrice (she/her) @katricequitter]

So often we hear, “I didn’t know what to say” when we encounter hate, racism, & bias. I love that you’ve given your school community language to interrupt & speak up in these moments. 🙌🏾@SUABULLDOGS #OneDegreeShift #SpeakUp

[Dan Santat @dsantat]

YOU GUYS

I just found out that actor, Harry Melling, who played Harry Beltik in #TheQueensGambit was also DUDLEY DURSLEY from Harry Potter.

WHAT.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

“Unity is great, but freedom is better. There’s a part of this population that has sacrificed their freedom time and time again for unity, and they’re tired of it...so if you’re asking us to come together, and that means my world doesn’t change…I don’t want that kind of unity.”

[Cult of Pedagogy @cultofpedagogy]

This jumped out at me.

(From @ColinESeale's book, Thinking Like a Lawyer. And yes, I'm working on getting him on the podcast!!)

[Aloura Pearson @MissAloura]

Teachers' well-being affects student well-being. We need to take care of teachers, and to me, that means having honest conversations about our oppressive systems and confronting our own biases and assumptions. Collective identity work can build deeper trust. #teacherwellbeing

[@YaleEmotion @YaleEmotion]

How are special ed teachers faring during the pandemic? This summer @YaleEmotion surveyed 250 educators. Learn more about the study & how educators are innovating during this unique time in this @EdSurge article>> https://t.co/SKxb8V0mU0 @Yale @YaleCSC @marcbrackett @drchriscip