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Who wants to join me for a course on leadership during a crisis or leadership for social justice?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Special Topics: Leadership During a Crisis (3 credits, online) [Class # 20597]. In this class we are going to talk about crisis leadership. We will highlight the individual / collective mindsets, organizational strategies, leadership behaviors, and support structures necessary to navigate crisis situations. Class Meetings.

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Still learning? Still growing?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Beginning next week, my summer students and I will co-create our Leadership for Social Justice class together, recognizing that none of us has all of the answers but that we all can do something. I am grateful for the willingness of others to share their leadership and resources. Books: Anti-racism.

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Six Strategies for Equitable Education Systems

Digital Promise

Leaders shared strategies and learned from the Toronto District School Board, where leadership has explicitly centered and invested in equity. The importance of reimagining education through an equity lens has been amplified through the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice of 2020, accelerating the urgency for districts.

Education 139
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New faces on campus: Students of all races welcome first black presidents to largely white colleges

The Hechinger Report

Data show there is plenty of room for improvement in leadership ranks: The most recent survey of 1,662 U.S. By 2020, the majority of U.S. It is not logical that students at a social justice-oriented school are learning the complexities of race and socioeconomic status in an environment that is majority white and upper-class.”.

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EdSurge’s Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories of 2021

ED Surge

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users. But for some, the situation is still fraught.

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. Parachuting In, Unprepared for Duty During the first quarter of the 2020-2021 academic year, I needed to make my first-ever parent call.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

In May 2020, White earned an associate degree in business administration, with a 3.84 Recently, she started classes toward a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and learning at the University of Louisville. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue. That degree program is not free.

Economics 144