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The Missing Link in Culturally Diverse, Anti-Racist Work is Paid Collaboration

We have heard so much about the need for a culturally diverse, anti-racist curriculum, but the question is, are you willing to pay teachers for their time and energy in writing and implementing it?  There are many teachers out there who have seen enough seminars and been to enough conferences to have been inspired to […]

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Ordering Experience: Transitioning into a Successful September Through Lyrical Poetry

by Melissa Bryan Transitioning Into September Last week, in an online educational leadership course I attended, we viewed a scene from the film Invictus. In it, Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) explains to pro-Rugby player Pienaar (played by Matt Damon), what helped him survive imprisonment. Nelson relates that a poem, “Invictus” by William Ernest […]