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Good Trouble Principals

@GTPrincipals
 Minneapolis, MN
Joined September 2020
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Inspiring night, celebrating one year of the Good Trouble Principal coalition. Special guests: @R_T_Rybak and @BernadeiaJ. #PushThatRock #ThisIsOurMovement #GoodTrouble
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#GoodTrouble
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@FoxNews15 Aug 2021
Minnesota principals sign 'de-centering Whiteness' pledge, suggest unions, PTAs help White supremacy foxnews.com/us/minnesota-pri…

Minnesota principals sign 'de-centering Whiteness' pledge, suggest unions, PTAs help White supremacy

A group of 162 principals and assistant principals at Minnesota schools has invoked the late civil rights icon and former congressman, John Lewis, to push their goal of “de-centering Whiteness” in...

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WE are the judge and jury of our schools.
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Good morning. Full transparency, I hesitated posting this because what I DON’T want is for it to be interpreted as a “look at me and look what I’m doing” post. Instead, it SHOULD be interpreted as a “look at US and what are YOU doing?” post.
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We’re coming up on the 6-month anniversary of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Area Principals for Good Trouble & the ride has been interesting, to say the least. For those who are following, some updates...The group is over 300 in membership.
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As we push for even greater lengths of Good Trouble, for those of you watching from up close or far away - we’re attempting to still balance the readiness of some to jump right in with the realities of others around retribution, dismissal, & the worst fear:
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harm to one’s school/students. The four tenets remain the same & work is categorized accordingly. The four work groups/areas of focus are:
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Introducing GTP Gwen Anderson: “Being a GTP means that I relentlessly learn, reflect, and challenge the educational system around me, support my colleagues in the same journey, for the radical improvement of education our scholars receive and society we live in.”
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Introducing Mauri Friestleben. Being a GTP, means: “Fearing God more than man and loyalty to my community over my district has born in me a resolve to stand firm regardless of employment or political gain.”
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Introducing GTP Bobbie Olson. “It is my work to listen and amplify while educating myself and the white folks in the system that are my colleagues and superiors...1/2
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I need to be an active participant in restructuring the educational system while humanizing and historicizing the scholars who are in our systems.”
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Good trouble. Necessary trouble.
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@FOX928 Jan 2021
Hopkins, Minn. principal pledges stronger focus on racial equality as students return to class fox9.com/news/hopkins-princi…
Hopkins, Minn. principal pledges stronger focus on racial equality as students return to class

Hopkins, Minn. principal pledges stronger focus on racial equality as students return to class

As more and more students in the Hopkins school district head back to the classroom, one principal is pledging not to return to the status quo.

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Ashley Modrow@ashley_modrow26 Jan 2021
Thank you @GTPrincipals for the opportunity to listen and learn from an incredibly passionate panel today! Your leadership is contagious and inspiring! #youmatter
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Introducing GTP Leanne Kampfe: “I’m principal at Hopkins West Junior High. My work, every single day, is to work against the ways in which white supremacy defines the field of education, most specifically in the ways it shows up in my school and district...
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My position on this is crystal clear and immovable. As we plan for the return of students to our building, we will not return to the status quo.”
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My usual rule of thumb is to not retweet this blowhard...but to say the families and the students in our schools and communities are “burdens”...well, those are fightin’ words. We are absolutely blessed to welcome our students into our schools, wherever they come from. – at Minneapolis, MN
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@realDonaldTrump29 Oct 2020
My Administration has suspended the entry of refugees from terror-compromised nations such as Syria, Somalia and Yemen. Biden’s plan surges refugees 700% into Minnesota, Michigan & Pennsylvania—burdening schools & hospitals while opening the floodgates to Radical Islamic Terror.
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Jessica Busse-AP-St. Louis Park High School What’s your good trouble? I merged “regular” and IB Physics, so there is no more tracking of students. #GoodTroublePrincipals
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