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This is an incredible thread. Joe Truss took the Amy Cooper viral video and described all the ways that that behavior shows up in classrooms and staff loun
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I’m going to admit something: I have not been doing a super job talking about racism with my four White stepkids. And part of the reason is that I worry ab
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America, 2020: A Black man is recorded being killed in broad daylight by a White police officer trained to “protect and serve.” As videos and eyewitnesses
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I am finding it difficult to get through most days without crying, without feeling like water is rising above my head, without feeling a great sense of des
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This week began with a hike in the woods for my family and me in the Shenandoah Valley State Park. Pre COVID-19, our outings consisted of laser tag, movies
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I’m a White mom raising a strong, smart and beautiful Black daughter. We look different. I think about this all the time—that she is the intersection of mu
Read MoreDon’t Just #RunWithMaud, #Teach4Maud
I laced up my sneakers after quietly rolling out of bed, hoping not to wake up my son, who often sneaks into my room at night. For a brief moment, I gazed
Read More5 Ways School Leaders Can Begin to Better Equip Themselves to Deal With the Challenge We’re Facing
One of my mentors begins each interrogative problem-solving conversation with the same question, “Who knew what, when, and what did you do about it?” The q
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