Teachers, to celebrate the upcoming release of I Survived 20, I am giving away class sets of books and ME. I'll send a class set of books and ZOOM when school starts. RT to enter, I will notify winners Aug. 20.♥️📚
An absolutely amazing book. Phenomenal character development and amazing historical accuracy. The attachment the reader forms with Marlee won’t be forgotten easily.
“The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it-and then dismantle it. The attempt to turn this usefully descriptive term into an almost unusable slur is, of course, designed to do the opposite: to freeze us into inaction” @DrIbram#HowToBeAnAntiracist
This summer, we'll focus on using mentor texts to teach strategies from The Reading Strategies and Writing Strategies Books. Free, no registration. Just make sure you're part of the Reading and Writing Strategies Facebook Group and you're "in."
On this #Juneteenth, 155 years later, Americans are celebrating the abolition of slavery. But Black people are not celebrating as if we are free.
Chattel slavery is no more. But the descendants of enslaved people are still not free. 3/3
Kids need people who love them. Kids need structure and high expectations. Kids need restorative conversations, not suspensions. Kids need more recess. Kids need culturally relevant curriculum.
Why are things like this so hard to do?
White folx who've decided it’s time to do antiracism / activism work: Welcome. We’re glad you’re here but we're all out of gold stars. This work isn't about participation trophies; it's about action. Not sure what to do? Here are five steps that can propel you forward. Thread 👇
David McAtee, the owner of Yaya's BBQ in Louisville, was shot and killed by police and National Guard on Monday.
He is remembered as a "community pillar."
"He fed everybody," his nephew said. "Fed everybody, even the people that killed him. For free."
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