https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh My journey into reaching a deeper level of understanding of equity and its impact on all of my students' lives and education. en-us 2018-04-12 20:35:11 UTC 2023-02-22 09:16:28 UTC hello@padlet.com msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251357879 Day one of my journey into better understanding equity and its role in education. Takeaway: my educational experience w/ slavery was sanitized and I have not done enough to make it any less so. The struggle is there but the need for truth is greater.]]> 2018-04-12 20:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251357879 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251365618 Day 2 of my journey into better understanding equity so I can better understand ALL my kids. Yes we can and should have conversations about race in the classroom. Easy said. Harder done. But it can be done. I’m learning. One read at a time. ]]> 2018-04-12 21:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251365618 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251369466 Day 3 of exploring equity. When the system is not fair, we can’t simply expect marginalized kids to dream or work their way to success. Provocative piece by @mdawriter ]]> 2018-04-12 21:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251369466 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251369820 Day 4 of #ExploringEquity. Stress. Stressed brains don't learn. And while we all feel stress, those of us inside the margins cannot imagine the additional stress that our marginalized students experience every day as they face the realities of racism. Encouraged by the suggestions in the article to help my kids who experience this on a daily basis, I am still struggling a bit with how to put those suggestions into specific actions here in little, old, mostly-white Cheney, WA. Maybe it's simply engaging my marginalized kids on a personal level. Can I do that? Will it offend them? I don't think it will. I have good relationships with all of them. Maybe it's just taking that first step. Wish it wasn't so hard, but that it is hard means it's important. ]]> 2018-04-12 21:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/251369820 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252308923 Day 5 of #ExploringEquity. Am moved by @ClintSmithIII’s poem that was recommended by @DingleTeach. Makes me think of the “You’s” whom I have known but never really known. I want to know them. I want to sit down with them, so I can know them. Can I know them?]]> 2018-04-16 19:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252308923 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309113 Day 6 of #ExploringEquity No truth. No reconciliation. We have to tell the truth. I will work harder to learn the truth.]]> 2018-04-16 19:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309113 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309264 Day 7 of #ExploringEquity "it’s incumbent on districts to foster 'a systemic culture of valuing teachers of color' if they want to ensure they provide an enriching education for all children in the long run." I have often wished we had more teachers of color in our building.
Granted, we have a large white population, but we have enough kids of color that they would certainly benefit from having teachers of color in front of them. Of course, we would all benefit. Non-white points of view in our decision making would be warmly welcomed.]]> 2018-04-16 19:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309264 msyrie https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309340 2018-04-16 19:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/msyrie/oe3mc0zowjkh/wish/252309340