We Must Be Disciples for Our Students in 2021

We Must Be Disciples for Our Students in 2021

This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, educators nationwide, and the world over, have had to adapt how they provide services to children and families.

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Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020

Three Lessons We Learned Through This Pandemic in 2020

It’s easy to view remote learning through the lens of its deficits. After all, there’s really no substitute for the face-to-face rapport with an excellent

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I Can't Expect Some Magical Black Character to Declare Me 'Good White People.' I Have to Do the Work.

I Can’t Expect Some Magical Black Character to Declare Me ‘Good White People.’ I Have to Do the Work.

It was a year ago that I tried sweet potato pie for the first time. Now, I am white and, though I have lived in Atlanta for 20 years, I am not originally f

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For 2021, We Need Real Strategies to Dismantle Racism in Schools

For 2021, We Need Real Strategies to Dismantle Racism in Schools

As educators, we’re taught to begin with the end in mind. To be successful, we need to know our intended outcome so we can backward plan how we will get th

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The Most Important Question a Teacher Can Ask Is ‘How Are the Children?’

The Most Important Question a Teacher Can Ask Is ‘How Are the Children?’

On the sun-glazed African continent, the most storied warrior people, incomparably formidable and sagacious in war, is the Maasai. It is perhaps unexpected

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Discussing White Privilege in an All-White Class Is Uncomfortable. Do It Anyway.

Discussing White Privilege in an All-White Class Is Uncomfortable. Do It Anyway.

With so many pressing education issues on our collective agenda, it is important that we don’t ignore the national conversation on race that erupted during

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Want Your Education Data to Have Impact? Cut the Jargon.

Want Your Education Data to Have Impact? Cut the Jargon.

By now, “follow the science” is in contention for the most popular phrase of 2020. But research and data aren’t just relevant for communities trying to sta

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Here's Why 'No Politics in the Classroom' Isn't Working for Marginalized Students

Here’s Why ‘No Politics in the Classroom’ Isn’t Working for Marginalized Students

Which of the following is too political to be displayed in a public school teacher’s classroom? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are c

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Better Late Than Never, OUSD Commits to Housing on Unused Properties

Better Late Than Never, OUSD Commits to Housing on Unused Properties

In California, growing numbers of school districts are putting their vacant land and buildings to work to house vulnerable students and families. In Novemb

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