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Recently, I have been learning alot about how other races have different learning styles...that has really stood out to me.  It made me feel like these are thing we need to address with eclectic instructional strategies.

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We acknowledge that poverty affecting grades.....now how do we go about trying to solve the issue.

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We acknowledge that poverty affecting grades.....now how do we go about trying to solve the issue.

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Does the district have an Equity policy? Is this something that needs to be created? Or if it exists, how do we make it know to staff?

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I started thinking of equity not in regards to race, but academic achievement.  We focus on kids who are lower achievers, but what about other students?

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I started thinking of equity not in regards to race, but academic achievement.  We focus on kids who are lower achievers, but what about other students?

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I struggle with the idea of connecting with student families at times that are outside of the school day. I want to be available to all of my students’ families, but I also need to be available to my own family “after hours.”

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We have to consistently look into equity to help everyone. The goal of our schools is properly educating everyone and we have to aim to accomplish that for everyone.

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I struggle with all white people being "privileged". Maybe it's because we don't see as much of it up here in North Dakota. This is a hard conversation.

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I think there should be a gifted and talented program in Mandan.  I see how my children grew in their academics from being in the levels of service program in Bismarck and think we should offer those services to higher learners.

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I think there should be a gifted and talented program in Mandan.  I see how my children grew in their academics from being in the levels of service program in Bismarck and think we should offer those services to higher learners.

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I think we need to understand that even families who live in poverty, don't have access to technology needs, or struggle helping their children be successful, isn't necessarily that they lack a value of education, but rather, struggle to understand how to access and utilize resources that can best help their students.

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I think we need to understand that even families who live in poverty, don't have access to technology needs, or struggle helping their children be successful, isn't necessarily that they lack a value of education, but rather, struggle to understand how to access and utilize resources that can best help their students.

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One of the items I would like to analyze is what are we doing currently at our school as educational leaders?

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One of the items I would like to analyze is what are we doing currently at our school as educational leaders?

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I understand the importance of having talked to understand each other, but sometimes it feels that all white people are treated as racists and it is hard to understand when you feel grouped/attacked yourself for the color of your skin

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This article made me uncomfortable as I felt that I was being yelled at.  Too many times, when considering race issues, I feel as if I am being judged.  Although I understand the anger, sometimes, it makes it difficult to want to listen to the other side you might say.

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Does Mandan look at the data for what subgroups are represented in different things... classes, SPED, suspensions, etc?

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This can be a broad range of items here. I think for most the education of what our students are receiving.

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That we need to look at race, gender, disability etc when addressing academics scores, unless it is a contributing factor. I believe though that we should be aware of the diverse group of student we are serving and address their individual needs.

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I believe completing an equity audit at a staff meeting and then compiling data to have a whole group discussion would be extremely beneficial in opening everyones' eyes to the inequities that might be in our school.

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I think we need to address assumptions that we have sometimes, even though most of the time these may be unintentional assumptions. These may be assumptions like, everyone has internet these days, or everyone has a cell phone, or everyone understands how to navigate canvas and submit assignments.

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I think we need to address assumptions that we have sometimes, even though most of the time these may be unintentional assumptions. These may be assumptions like, everyone has internet these days, or everyone has a cell phone, or everyone understands how to navigate canvas and submit assignments.

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Not letting each other get into the trap of "it doesn't matter because she comes from _____ kind of home"

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The idea that there is no such thing as a culture of poverty.

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If we think that students are going to fail or perform poorly because: 'that family doesn't care' 'their siblings were lazy too' or any other inherently biased reason, then we have put that student at a disadvantage. I am thinking about "The Myth of Cultural Poverty", and how many times people are poor not because they are lazy, but because once the wheel of poverty begins to spin it is nearly impossible to leave! The system is really stacked against those individuals and families. We need to view each student as independent learners from their situation to better help them grow through adversity as much as we can. That is where a truly equitable educational system can help them. By providing resources and chances to succeed.

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We need to begin focusing on student diversity at the elementary school level.

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Myths about parents in poverty situations was interesting.

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Myths about parents in poverty situations was interesting.

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I like having the uncomfortable conversations that come with these issues. I really enjoyed reading the book Uncomfortable conversation with a black man. I want to know what my "privileges" are and what I can really do to counter act those privileges

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I like having the uncomfortable conversations that come with these issues. I really enjoyed reading the book Uncomfortable conversation with a black man. I want to know what my "privileges" are and what I can really do to counter act those privileges

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I think we should address how we are teaching all students and preparing our teachers for making sure they are understanding students from other cultures and poverty levels.

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I think we should address how we are teaching all students and preparing our teachers for making sure they are understanding students from other cultures and poverty levels.

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The idea of sending home culture surveys. I wonder if you would still only get the same population of parents who are already contributing elsewhere.

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myths regarding poverty, enjoyed it. I can reflect on this reading as I did not grow up in a wealthy home, low to middle class status. Money was still tight and I can see what people believe these myths but at the end of the day we choose our paths regardless of income.

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I know personally I have been in meetings where some of the myths talked about in the article were used as excuses to almost brush off the lack of parental involvement, instead of working toward fixing it by looking at what disadvantages those parents might be dealing with.

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"All of us are smarter than any of us". This quote stuck out to me.

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"All of us are smarter than any of us". This quote stuck out to me.

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The article on systematic racism stood out to me as this is an area where I find our district struggle often....especially in relation to poverty-stricken families. So, it may not be a matter of race as much as wealth.

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Chapter 6 in Different Schools for a Different World by Scott McLeod. This chapter made me think about how there can be a digital divide with impoverished students and minority students. This made me reflect back to last spring when we had to close schools and some families and students struggled with the distance learning. This also made me think about the academic achievement gaps that have consistently existed with minority groups.

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Chapter 6 in Different Schools for a Different World by Scott McLeod. This chapter made me think about how there can be a digital divide with impoverished students and minority students. This made me reflect back to last spring when we had to close schools and some families and students struggled with the distance learning. This also made me think about the academic achievement gaps that have consistently existed with minority groups.

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I really think the reading about cultures, and understand those before sending students to the office for referrals is something that we should explore further for MPS.

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Uncomfortable conversations with a black man video

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Uncomfortable conversations with a black man video

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made a good analogy about when the slaves were freed, they were roughly 200 years behind. It would be like keeping someone back until the other in a race are 200m ahead.

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I thought it was kind of fun to try and code some of the budget examples from the reading! But I am also the kind of person who like puzzle things like that

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I really struggle with what inequities look like in our district. I don't know how well I understand the concept of equity in education and how it relates to our schools.

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I really struggle with what inequities look like in our district. I don't know how well I understand the concept of equity in education and how it relates to our schools.

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Considering culture and language acquisition prior to considering referring a student for special education. This is an issue I deal with from time to time at my school.