Equity&DiversityDept

Equity & Diversity will promote, develop & support equitable practices & policies for a safe & inclusive, culturally competent school community system.

[Angela M. Ward, PhD (she/her) @2WardEquity]

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[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Downplaying or erasing the periods when the nation moved *away* from justice does little to help our students understand the present-day impact of structures that uphold injustice."
https://t.co/TINk2vgZwM

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"When schools don’t give students the opportunity to use their chosen name in our new world of distance learning, those students are immediately outed. The welcome we tried to provide at the beginning of the school year evaporates." @RethinkSchools
https://t.co/ewE28K2Ix0

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Youth of color are more likely to be hypersurveilled in schools, overrepresented in special education and referred to and arrested by police. These are all ways in which schools criminalize Black youth. Day after day, these things start to sediment."
https://t.co/wAbpqKQTPo

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

We are reflecting on the systems and silences that have led Black students to lead movements for better education—and conversely—led at least one white student to take arms against protestors. We can't sit this one out. https://t.co/x6MNZW7UXH

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"The harm done by long-term exposure to injustice ... calls for more than a simple understanding of kindness. It demands that kindness be interwoven with substantial notions of true justice."
https://t.co/q3XjthcHTZ

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"If you are paying attention to what’s happening in this country ... how can anyone be OK?"
https://t.co/AoQbxEYUYq

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

As new videos of George Floyd's death circulate online and Black students continue to bear witness to racist violence, it's important for educators to recognize the harm this can cause and take steps to center Black students' mental well-being.
https://t.co/sHi2vzuRVm

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Black and Latinx girls need anti-racist, culturally responsive learning environments. They need the support of relatives and of mentors—especially teachers—who look like them. And they need to not be punished for speaking up."
https://t.co/ZMwZawEHOK

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Teaching about BLM isn’t just about police brutality. ... Bringing this movement to the classroom can open the door to larger conversations about truth, justice, activism, healing and reconciliation."
https://t.co/GccQRUJtiO

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

“To better support teachers who do return, experts say schools need to include teacher mental health and well-being in their reopening plans, regardless of whether they are opening in person or online.” https://t.co/1aJxZWno5i

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Democracy is an act. It is an act that requires participation, organization and dedication to the highest principles." Thank you, John Lewis, for your lifelong activism, for your principles and for teaching our kids about good trouble. Rest in power.
https://t.co/zls9I2islf

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"As we work to better educate ourselves about long-ignored national histories, though, we often miss something right under our noses: local history. Students must learn the truth about their own communities."
https://t.co/8q3njXGGsM

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

In public schools, any racial discrimination—including unfair discipline or actions that impair students’ education—is not only unjust and wrong; it violates a hard-won law. Here are ways to cite and fight for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. https://t.co/YymVdpVpeo

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

Today is Juneteenth—a day for celebration and remembrance that should be part of our collective knowledge of freedom struggles in this country. May our educators and youth continue the fight to ensure that the promise of freedom is delivered.
https://t.co/m8TBF6vpCA

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

Juneteenth, celebrated June 19, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved Texans learned they were free. While the holiday's history includes the injustice of enslavement, it must also be understood in the context of Black people’s fight for justice and freedom. https://t.co/RzKDXRYbiR

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

“When they told me that they were going to detain me, I knew I was in trouble.” For Black and brown undocumented students, the ways in which law enforcement, schools and racism intertwine present a unique danger.
https://t.co/VpK7I1R0kz

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"What is clear is that we cannot return to normalcy. ... There has to be a complete shift that recognizes that to teach well is to emancipate, heal, resist, and love our children entirely."
https://t.co/ijxPOJ6oKV

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

The work to protect undocumented educators and students isn't over. But today, we celebrate this victory for DREAMers and we reiterate, wholeheartedly, that educators and students protected by DACA make our schools better places for all of us.
https://t.co/Q46IYjCNVm

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

"Just imagine the damage done to our Black students’ psyches when, at school, they are made invisible in academic content and yet blaringly visible through oversurveillance and policing." @DenaSimmons https://t.co/8u3icH2TQV