Category: racism

Macklemore and Michael Bennett buy “Teaching for Black Lives” book for all Seattle secondary humanities teachers

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Black Lives Matter At School, Michael Bennett, racism, Rethinking Schools, Teaching for Black Lives, Uncategorized10 Comments

Grammy award winning artist Macklemore and three time NFL pro bowler Michael Bennett team up to purchase the new critically acclaimed book, Teaching for Black Lives, for distribution to ALL Social Studies & Language Arts Teachers in the Seattle Public Schools The new book from Rethinking Schools called, “A Handbook for all educators to fight …

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Common Core Testing During Ramadan: Hungry for an end to the Islamophobia & racism of high-stakes testing

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The following statement was sent to me by Shannon Crowley, an elementary school teacher in the Seattle Public Schools.  She raises a disturbing reality of yet another way that high-stakes standardized testing is negatively impacting our students of color.  I will just preface her story by saying that Muslims all around the world began to …

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