Category: public education
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Be BOLD: Equity Required for High Achievement
Over the past year I have written multiple times about how critical equity is for ensuring all of our children master rigorous state standards. It is not something to be put on the back burner for more favorable times. As parents we all want our children to succeed on state standards and go beyond that…
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Equity is Crucial for Student Success
Equity in schools means providing every student with whatever they need to succeed; to master their state standards. This concept requires understanding that some students will need more because they start further back from what the standards require than others. Every student has hurdles to learning, however, some have many more hurdles than others. It…
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A Teacher Sparks the Courage of a School District
In my previous post, I asked if you are indicted by or changing our education system. Are you just going along with a system that marginalizes some groups of people or are you standing up for and pushing to make change. In our current political environment, it takes courage to stand up for marginalized students.…
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What We Lose When the Department of Education is Eliminated
The chaos in Washington DC regarding what schools should do is being compounded. First DEI was declared a threat that needed to be eradicated. Now efforts are focused on eliminating the US Department of Education. Should we care about the US Department of Education? Is it useful? Is it helpful to the goal of educating…
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Do We Still Provide Equity in Schools?
The directives coming out of our nation’s capital these days have many educators questioning what they may do in their schools and classrooms and what should they avoid? Do we include Black history as a part of American history? Do we provide mental health support to students traumatized by their life circumstance? Do we provide…
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Tis the Season of Giving
Education for all is one of America’s greatest gifts. One of America’s greatest gifts is the idea of a free and rigorous public education for all our children regardless of circumstances. Each state in our vast country has adopted rigorous academic standards that are the expectation for all students to master. As we have grown…