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This Supe’s Speech on Racism Is What We Need To Hear From More Leaders. I Really Miss Her.

By Deborah Gist On religious holidays, so many of us have family and faith community practices of rereading stories related to that holiday. On Independence Day, I’m not alone in the practice of rereading the Declaration of Independence. Many of us also take time out of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to reread selections from… Continue reading This Supe’s Speech on Racism Is What We Need To Hear From More Leaders. I Really Miss Her.

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White America, Time to Get Louder

In light of the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this post isn’t about schools. It’s about something even more important and vital to us ever getting to a place where we can make schools better for every child in America.   There is a special kind of cognitive dissonance when on the very day I head… Continue reading White America, Time to Get Louder