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Archive - January 2021

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Fighting The Power: Black History Month And Beyond

January 31, 2021
by Rann Miller
6 min read
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*Mic check* (Ahem). Educators: are you aware that next month is Black History Month? Have you asked your students, specifically your Black students, what they’d like to see and/or do for Black History Month? Or, do you plan...

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“It’s OK To Be Illiterate As Long As You Are ‘Woke’.”

January 25, 2021
by Lindsay Turk
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Talk to anyone who has made education equity their life’s work, and you will find, more often than not, that at the root of their drive and determination is a painful, formative experience in which they were confronted with...

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Educators, Social Justice Is About Consistent Action, Not Simply When It’s Trending On Social Media

January 20, 2021
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, activists and stakeholders of the Black community have done the yeoman’s work of highlighting all murders of Black people at the hands of the state (police) and domestic terrorists...

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Deciding To Stay or Leave: When Is Institutional Racism Too Much To Bear?

January 18, 2021
by Rann Miller
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The white supremacist terrorist insurrection of Wednesday January 6, 2021 was an ugly day in American history; an ugly day in a long list of ugly days. As a result, members of the Trump Administration have resigned in protest...

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The Role of a School Leader In Setting A School’s Culture

January 12, 2021
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Modeling Behavior, Consistency, Collective Accountability, and Relationship building You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.—Malcolm X Being a principal is a rewarding profession. It is also one of the...

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The “Invisible” And Costly Tax That Black Teachers Are Being Forced To Pay

January 5, 2021
by Rann Miller
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According to a new study, teachers who teach in high-poverty schools are penalized on their classroom observations and often, those teachers are Black. This is another aspect of the invisible tax on Black teachers that encourages...

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