Jaclyn Price

High school teacher and sometimes writer. Research focuses on closing the school-to-prison pipeline. Yale 2019

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Ended the semester with a little Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse which IS relevant to Marine Science if you don’t think too hard about it—happy winter break, teachers!

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His new goal is to be granted clemency in time to volunteer in my classroom (felons can’t become registered volunteers in FL public school districts). And I hope he gets it because I think my students would love to meet him. 💙

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My dad was arrested on five felony drug charges in 1996. At a time when Black men in the same county were receiving decades in prison for the same crimes, my dad walked away with only two years of probation (a thread)

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Florida can restore rights for ex-felons via Clemency Board, of which I'm a member w/@JimmyPatronis & @AshleyMoodyFL.

While @RonDeSantisFL blocks #Amendment4 in the courts, our clemency rules imposed by @ScottforFlorida created a backlog of 10,000 applicants. #LetUsVoteFL

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He went through his arrest and sentencing records, meticulously followed the many steps of the complicated process, paid the fees. But his is one of 10,000 backlogged clemency applications. So graduation day came and went and he is still a felon.

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And the Monday after, I brought in a little flag I had gotten at the parade, put it prominently on my desk, in our classroom space—and i cannot overstate the huge impact it’s had on a more open and respectful classroom dialogue on queerness

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I had been hearing a lot of homophobia in my classroom... At first i responded by pulling the student aside one-on-one

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But my city recently had our annual Pride parade

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So support teachers. With money, yes sure. But with your time and your allegiance and your vote. LISTEN to teachers and RESPOND by carrying our demands as your own, by holding lawmakers responsible. Public education is everyone’s fight

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In response to the Chicago teachers strike and with the first grading quarter officially behind me, here’s a taste of my experience as a first-year public school teacher (a thread)

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And I’m here to say that equity and excellence in education begins and ends with teachers