Relationships Matter! ECE ldrshp dvlpmt coach/facilitator, former kdg teacher, @Illinois_Alma & @NationalLouisU alumna, BBLF @EriksonPolicy #FirstGen
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So inspired by this cohort ❤ #QAE
Congrats to the 2019-2020 Barbara Bowman Leadership Fellows on completing the program with a Policy Pitch of ideas to build, sustain+diversify the #earlychildhood workforce. Thank you to our funders: @IrvingHarrisFdn, @FieldFoundation and the John & Kathleen Schreiber Foundation.
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📢 The 2024 Executive Fellows Program Cohort
Our children and families need systems that support their well-being and these 25 decision-makers will help shape our young children's educational experiences. #EriksonExecutiveFellows
Read the Press Release: ow.ly/mtX350SEEgA
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Tell your legislator to go #ALLIN4ECEC! bit.ly/3vsNSAk
IL families count on #earlychildhood services. We 👏 need 👏you 👏 to go ALL IN for early childhood to ensure early childhood programs are sufficiently funded across the board in FY25! #SmartStartY2 #newECEagency
Coaching is not a role – it is a set of skills every educator can use. learningforward.org/?p=88618 via @LearningForward
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Erikson’s Policy & Leadership Department leads with an #AntiRacism lens, challenging broken systems that make it difficult for children and their families to access resources and #FindingTheBaby (and how policy affects them) in every situation. #Equity #SystemsChange
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The Texas Historical Commission removed books on slavery from plantation gift shops after an amateur historian sent several angry emails
texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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🚨 NOW AVAILABLE: Data on access to Infant/#EarlyChildhood Mental Health (#IECMH) Consultation in Illinois and factors affecting children's social-emotional development. Read the report: ow.ly/TVWT50PT9Pm
I'm with @EriksonPolicy for the 2023 Early Childhood Leadership Academy Fellows Summit, connecting #EarlyChildhood to areas where children can be overlooked. Today, I'm #FindingTheBaby in the #Environment, learning the issues impacting their growth. Stay tuned for ways to help.
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I actually read all 216 pages of Florida's new state social studies standards, and the enslaved-people-benefitting-from-slavery is not even the worst part. They basically created a K-12 course in Caucasian Race Theory
Here's the top 10 problems I found:
thegrio.com/2023/07/27/flori…
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Tennessee is attempting to use eminent domain to take land that has been in Black families for generations so Ford can build electric vehicles. The families just want a fair deal.
"They want your land, but they don’t want you to participate in the wealth"
tennesseelookout.com/2023/04…
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An Ohio teacher, who was reading The Sneetches to her Grade 3 class, was abruptly cut off by an admin when a student said "It's almost like what happened back then, how people were treated. Like, disrespected. Like, white people disrespected Black people.”
dispatch.com/story/news/educ…
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On March 31, 4 days before an anti-woke white supremacist shot him in the face, MLK did preach to the country about dreams or mountaintops.
He talked about staying woke.
OK, I'm paraphrasing.
The actual title of 1 of MLK's MOST USED addresses is:
I'll let him tell you:
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Black & Latino faculty are severely underrepresented at most public, four-year colleges & universities. In this report we examine ways that college leaders, policymakers, & advocates can improve #FacultyDiversity edtru.st/FD
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Twitter fam, thank you for helping me to find the family of the 9 year old girl from NJ who had the police called on her by her neighbor for collecting lantern flies. I connected with them & invited them to @yale for a Black girl led Science Tour! Yesterday—HISTORY was MADE (1/) – at New Haven, CT
Part 2 abc11.com/12280031/
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In spite of the fact that VDare is a known white supremacist organization, this question is often posed by racists and stupid people
But since you asked:
A thread:
It IS interesting that there's so little MSM interest in these weekend tolls, although Chicago's was actually greater than Highland Park's. No mention of race, of course, but don't Black Lives Matter? nbcchicago.com/news/local/10…
Gave a talk at NAEYC Professional Learning Institute on Leading with Equity: A Racial Equity Impact Analysis of Recommendations Promoting a Unified Professional Framework for Early Childhood Program Leaders Working Across Sectors in Centers, Homes, and Schools. #naeycINST
