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With students. Valuing their experiences and honoring them for how they feel.

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Content - curriculum. Why do I have to indep teach content like the Civil Rights Movement?

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Content - curriculum. Why do I have to indep teach content like the Civil Rights Movement?

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Communication with parents is slow -- teachers are "scared" to call home.

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Communication with parents is slow -- teachers are "scared" to call home.

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Overidentification of Black and Hispanic boys in Special Ed and

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over-identification of Black students (especially males)

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Policies that don't fix the underlying issues of racism, such as "all kids will take AP courses" or "every kid will be in accelerated 4/5 math".

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Specific language about anit-racism should be added to PGS standards. (If it's there now, it's vague)

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Specific language about anit-racism should be added to PGS standards. (If it's there now, it's vague)

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We promote leaders who are not able to lead anti-racism efforts in themselves and their buildings

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We promote leaders who are not able to lead anti-racism efforts in themselves and their buildings

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All schools should have mandatory dialog and training - with guidance and support from the equity office - centered around race and equity. We cannot effectively teach and connect with our students if we do not fully grasp where they are coming from or in touch with our own implicit biases.

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Underidentification of Black and Hispanic students for Math 4/5 and ELC (accelerated courses)

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The way teams of teachers go about "problem solving" for black and brown students. They are operating under an assumption that something is wrong with the student, instead of looking at the receivement gap and what is causing it.

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Willingness of staff to recognize that our role is to dismantle racism, not just teach content.

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Willingness of staff to recognize that our role is to dismantle racism, not just teach content.

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letting social studies be the ugly stepchild when it must be the core curriculum in public education 

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letting social studies be the ugly stepchild when it must be the core curriculum in public education 

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and centering something like "oppression studies", with civics and restorative justice in it

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We need more true intervention - not just documented plans without action. I see a huge discrepancy in how attendance is handled in different schools and for different students and a lot of assumptions made about students with truancy issues.

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Really delving into what happens at the school level, not just checking a box to say you did your job. Coming INTO schools.

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Teaching about all cultures throughout the year. Having more books that represent all students.

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schools with in schools rewards for some

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schools with in schools rewards for some

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how students are supported with said curriculum

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The absence of the part of history that may make some "uncomfortable"

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The absence of the part of history that may make some "uncomfortable"

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Dress codes

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The idea that everyone has the same background knowledge, such as baking chocolate chip cookies.

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The idea that everyone has the same background knowledge, such as baking chocolate chip cookies.

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prioritizing comfort/pace of white colleagues

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prioritizing comfort/pace of white colleagues

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Currently the curriculum is set up to separate learning about black and latinx accomplishments from white accomplishments. for example, in unit 5 (WWII), a separate day is used to teach about Tuskegee airmen, making them seem as "other." It should be interwoven.

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Not sharing visions, relationship with unions

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Resources that are suggested by curriculum (have you seen the Benchmark books chosen?) hardly any diversity

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Resources that are suggested by curriculum (have you seen the Benchmark books chosen?) hardly any diversity

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Remove problematic white-centered texts with racist portrayals from English curriculum.  

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Remove problematic white-centered texts with racist portrayals from English curriculum.  

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implicit bias ( or racial abuse) that occurs in classrooms everyday by teachers unwilling to reflect

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Conversations that colleagues have when they are discussing specific populations of students.

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Conversations that colleagues have when they are discussing specific populations of students.

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Many families do not have the information they need to access these programs. This leads to the underrepresentation of many groups in magnets/IB programs.

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not holding staff members accountable or to high standards

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not holding staff members accountable or to high standards

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book choices

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Engagement with all communities

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over representation of  black  students being removed from class for discipline issues

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over representation of  black  students being removed from class for discipline issues

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kids who are not hurting may not understand the pain others are in. We need a school culture that allows us all to be active anti-racist

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kids who are not hurting may not understand the pain others are in. We need a school culture that allows us all to be active anti-racist

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Lots of talk about "hallway roamers" as code for black and brown students

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Lots of talk about "hallway roamers" as code for black and brown students

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tracking as early as elementary (ELC, compact)

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tracking as early as elementary (ELC, compact)

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paying lip service to Restoratvie Justice but not putting resources behind it

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paying lip service to Restoratvie Justice but not putting resources behind it

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Communication is only translated to Spanish in most schools.  

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Communication is only translated to Spanish in most schools.  

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Need more ways to engage families. Teachers cannot only interact with the engaged parents!

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tone policing/gaslighting of Black educators

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tone policing/gaslighting of Black educators

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Better outreach to families who are not "enculturated" to a school system

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Better outreach to families who are not "enculturated" to a school system

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We have an equity unit, but no real policies

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We have an equity unit, but no real policies

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Avoiding real conversations about race and students comments on race

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Avoiding real conversations about race and students comments on race

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Over identification of black students (boys)

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What's with the reading lists for high school? Have they changed at all or are we still teaching To Kill A Mockingbird?

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What's with the reading lists for high school? Have they changed at all or are we still teaching To Kill A Mockingbird?

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Lack of high expectations for all students

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having available resources for all and not only for english speakers

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the way teachers talk about students. What they are capable of, how behavior is handled, supports that are offered

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Case studies about equitable classroom practices.  (Teachers need to do more than calling sticks)  Really figure out how children learn best.

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Case studies about equitable classroom practices.  (Teachers need to do more than calling sticks)  Really figure out how children learn best.

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Demographics - Some schools have primarily white and Asian students and other school have primarily African-American and Latinx students.

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Demographics - Some schools have primarily white and Asian students and other school have primarily African-American and Latinx students.

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Requiring you to state race and ethnicity (not having enough present)

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Certain students can get away with things others cant

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Certain students can get away with things others cant

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How is staff demographic in the school compared to the demographics of the school?

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"kid talks" and the way students are discussed by staff

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"kid talks" and the way students are discussed by staff

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Allocation to resources in Downcounty schools

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No one wants to engage in the real conversation and action

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No one wants to engage in the real conversation and action

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Parents who would consider themselves progressive or liberal except when it comes to THEIR kids and then diversity isn't such a great idea after all 

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Parents who would consider themselves progressive or liberal except when it comes to THEIR kids and then diversity isn't such a great idea after all 

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Who do we label as special ed

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The county seems to act AFTER it is under public scrutiny/pressure to do so. Why is that the case? 

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The county seems to act AFTER it is under public scrutiny/pressure to do so. Why is that the case? 

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Teaching the REAL American history. AND embedding more antiracist curriculum and incorporating more current events. Racism and injustice is incorporated as a "thing of the past," when it is in fact alive and well.

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How do we make our students feel like their belong 

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How do we make our students feel like their belong 

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How do we welcome them, how do handle behavioral issues,
How and whom do we praise

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lack of programs that challenge all kinds of gifted learners in the early years

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lack of programs that challenge all kinds of gifted learners in the early years

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Hiring a more diverse teaching force so students see themselves represented.

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why are minority teachers the spokesperson for equity

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stressing about parents' comfort level over the wrong issues

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stressing about parents' comfort level over the wrong issues

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schoolwide "behavior management" guidelines only made up of punitive actions

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schoolwide "behavior management" guidelines only made up of punitive actions

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inequity with student opportunities(i.e.field trip) across the county

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inequity with student opportunities(i.e.field trip) across the county

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Types of questions asked to black and brown students

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Types of questions asked to black and brown students

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Not acknowledging white supremacy and white fragility as issues in our system.

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Not acknowledging white supremacy and white fragility as issues in our system.

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Instituting restorative justice programs with untrained and/or unwilling teachers leads to more of the same.

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Criteria for placing and keeping students in interventions

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selection of "focus groups" to inform decisions

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selection of "focus groups" to inform decisions