"Exclusionary school discipline is the steppingstone to the school-to-prison pipeline. Youth incarceration has devastating mental- and physical-health effects during adolescence and adulthood." #EWopinion https://t.co/Y2SdFWrK0k
A4. I don’t see homework as equitable. If equitable is defined as high levels of learning for all students, then how can we possibly hold Ss accountable for a home environment of which they have little or no control? As a kid who never had her homework, it’s real. #altedchat
Within 24hrs:
— BuzzFeed, HuffPo announce layoffs
— it’s revealed 50% of FB users are possibly fake, a waste of advertising dollars. One of 2 biggest media platforms: a sewer of political bots & cat pics.
My interview on democracy in exile on forthright radio with Joy LeClaire, one of my favorite radio interviewers.
https://t.co/iSnQ3U1aRM https://t.co/iSnQ3U1aRM
“Only 1% of children’s books have a BAME protagonist. We’ve had kids coming in saying, ‘Mum this is me!’ Every one of those moments was affirmation of why we’re doing this. Inclusion matters” | The Pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books 👏🏽https://t.co/b4NDkbewwI
“...one of the most powerful tools of oppression is convincing people that the oppressive conditions they experience are normal and cannot be changed. The ideology of normalization functions to prevent any understanding of the larger systemic forces of oppression ...” -Giroux
Karen Garcia is one of America's best cultural critics. In this article she weaves a discussion of American Nightmare with the the current nightmare that plagues neoliberal fascism in the United States.... https://t.co/1alj1BKTgm
For those of you wondering how to explain the meaning of neoliberalism to yourself, friends, or students, here is a fabulous video. See: https://t.co/pIBTo9dalv. Also, see part 2. https://t.co/P4rs5CoMyd
School and system leaders are positioned to influence teaching, learning and leadership conditions in their school /s. What practices make a difference? https://t.co/WVjuw4sI4f
How do school leaders know they have a positive school culture? How do Supervisory Officers work with principals to cultivate this culture? ? https://t.co/OggU0lUpBo