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Hi Michelle, your Padlet is coming along nicely! Our topics definitely overlap in several areas, and I can see how your topic also touches on Chikyra's pre-k topic! Access to instruction continues to be limited based upon cultural and/or socio-economic factors. With Black Lives Matter having a Week of Action at School, culturally relevant teaching is taking on a more prominent role. From my experience teaching and serving inner-city Philadelphia K-8 students, so many of our students are traumatized and that trauma is often not addressed or is under-addressed. Suspension does not address trauma, and may add to it.  It  often further alienates students and parents from the school, and deepens the achievement gap. Ignoring aggressive, anti-social behavior of students further traumatizes the student body and stressed school staff. We must reach out to our communities and meaningfully engage our parents, while investing in pre-k, parent supports, culturally-affirming curriculum, and trauma care. You have an awesome topic, and I am looking forward to learning from your research!

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I really like the topic on teaching to the culture for achievement equity for students of color because it resonates with me as I was once a student of color and I am currently a student of color in graduate school. Your stream on culture is well mapped out with a nice flow. I like how you will dive in on cultural awareness , cultural strengths, and sensitivity. I definitely think teacher attitudes towards student of color will bring up much information regarding cultural sensitivity. I can potentially see overlapping between educational needs and academic achievement as they both can go hand and hand. Your Padlet looks great!

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