@BriMarkoff Exactly what i came to say! Relatedly, how can we possibly discuss universal or national measures of quality when the local actors have made specific evil decisions? But how can we then put the responsibilities "reform" and response in the hands of those same local delinquents?
It really made me think even harder about the mapping activity that @KaraHaaSciEd led in class. And also (not completely academic) how this could become body art.
#VirtualTea with @DrChezareWarren on space and place. This week's nugget for me, from Dr.@MariGray14: "We produce a particular space, and space produces us as particular kinds of bodies." Also, the idea of spatial justice and the various means of struggle for it. Thank you.
@zanbanger has me thinking about a prescient songwriters playlist for these times. i'm starting with Tracy Chapman, "So" and Joan Armatrading, "Mean Old Man" ... probably some Bob Dylan song as reimagined by Nina Simone? A "These Four Years" set of songs.
"We are in a pandemic of lies... truth[s] about white supremacy and corruption at the very highest levels are all coming out, and they all point to our Black brilliance. They point to Black strength and the necessity for Black love." Veronica Very #girltrek#Blackhistorybootcamp
"Through the multidisciplinary framework of CST, quality education is proportional to the depth of analysis students have at their disposal." (Leonardo, 2009) #MSUTE901 and Critical Social Theory refining my language and my beliefs.
i'm most anxious about the weight of genuinely contributing to the field and being useful to anyone's practice or understandings. Or underacknowledging the research that informs mine. Also, communicating succinctly has been a goal of mine for all time, so there's that. #MSUTE901
@GSUEdLead A6: Remember to involve multiple stakeholders in major decisions. Keep an experienced mentor as a thought partner. Always have crucial conversations and "mineral rights" conversations. The ethics that guide decisions should be that of the school vision, not leader. #GSUEdLead
@GSUEdLead A5: Giving school site administration autonomy is useful, but needs some kind of check or balance built in so that schools are aligned in their offerings, even when they differ in their methods. Problems arise when autonomy becomes anarchy. #GSUEdLead
@Erik07769328@GSUEdLead R5: That is what's missing - a process by which the site-based decision is evaluated and approved. That decreases the potential for loose and too-varied interpretations of policy. #GSUEdLead
@Erik07769328@GSUEdLead R4: Right, this is only a start. Even a board/committee (of volunteers?) is not the policymaking body, so can't really be a policy-changing body. #GSUEdLead
@GSUEdLead A4: I don't think the composition of the decision-makers changes the legitimacy of the decision. Taking it to the board that made the original policy may have helped, but it is still denying access, and there is not an accurate way to represent every student affected. #GSUEdLead
@kbrezicha @Mr_Glick_ @GSUEdLead R3: I agree about avoiding the issue. They can't solve a problem by creating another, and then neither the honors students nor the marginalized students are being given the access intended by the board policy of offering honors courses. #GSUEdLead