Asst Teaching Prof in Advocacy & Policy @edtransformGU. Place-based education, youth activism & civic engagement. Runner, reader, & eater of delicious things.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2014
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🚨ATTN DCPS & DCPCS teachers🚨 @anbutler5 & I want to interview YOU for our study on how teachers work to influence education policy in their schools & across DC. More info ⬇️ Anonymous & confidential, sign up for a time now through summer. Pls RT & share: tinyurl.com/bdhe9pst
Can't wait to read this! What a title and cover.
“I thought Renaissance 2010 was a terrible joke…Renaissance 2010 led to the closure of more than 100 public schools…”
The Awakening
This adapted excerpt from Karen Lewis’s posthumous new memoir via @ChicagoMag @EToddBreland
chicagomag.com/chicago-magaz…
Proud of the CUFA 2025 CFP. Please share widely!
🚨 Check out the 2025 CUFA Call for Proposals: "Troubling Democracy: Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures," linked at the 2025 CUFA Website below. Proposals are due April 15, 2025 11:59pm HST. Please share widely!
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DOGE has cut nearly $1 billion from the Education Department, decimating its research arm, the Institute for Educational Sciences. Confirmed cuts include PISA/TIMMS data collection/analysis; studies of disability supports; and a data report on school safety. 👇
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Trump is probably trying to figure out how that DEI on the piano managed to be so talented
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Over the weekend, 1 week after @dcpublicschools told school leaders NOT to assure families, a principal told me "it's like the underground railroad among principals right now...we're all trying to protect our students & families without our supervisors finding out." 😢 THIS APPROACH IS HURTING PEOPLE. @MayorBowser @DMEforDC @DCPSChancellor @ChmnMendelson @BrianneKNadeau @Janeese4DC @RobertWhite_DC @chenderson
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Amazon’s plastic packaging waste alone could encircle the globe 500 times: buff.ly/39H6cqB. We need to do better.
Use less, buy less, waste less.
#ActOnClimate #climate
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Can’t get past the NYPD and Eric Adams putting on a ridiculous show of force to transport Luigi Mangione and make the ruling class feel better. And across town they’re using force to attack a strike and make the ruling class feel better. Rarely is the purpose of cops so obvious.
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I'm always skeptical of research and rankings produced by commercial outfits and packaged to serve as cat bait for local newscasts, but these rankings were literally produced by a company that *sells a phone-tracking app*. The subtext isn't very discrete here.
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Please sign, especially if you’re Georgetown-affiliated! Despite Brittany’s professor agreeing to let her take her exam early, Georgetown denied her accommodations. This is also a routine experience for disabled students at Georgetown — completely unacceptable.
Georgetown Law has told a pregnant student whose baby is due during exams that she must take the test a few days postpartum, with baby in tow.
No early or remote exam since “it would be inequitable to all the other non-birthing students in her class.”
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If this country didn’t treat incarcerated people like they’re subhuman, this story would be all over every news platform. But because these are Black men and the US prison system is the evolution of American chattel slavery, people don’t care.
“In a span of just two weeks, a dozen Black men at Red Onion prison in Virginia took the same desperate measures, setting themselves ablaze. These are not acts of protest. These are human beings driven to extreme lengths, hoping for relief from torment.”
prisonradio.org/news-update/…
Absolutely remember sitting at my Gateway desktop computer freshman year of college watching the results come in until the wee hours of the morning 😩
This great event with @EliannyEdwards is tomorrow! Come join us to talk about #PoliceFreeSchools.
Thrilled to welcome @EliannyEdwards to @edtransformGU this Fri, 11/1, at 5PM for our speaker series. Dr. Edwards's research on Black students & school safety is paramount for transformative educators, advocates, & policymakers. Join us! More info ⬇️, RSVP: tinyurl.com/yfn9zhdc
Thrilled to welcome @EliannyEdwards to @edtransformGU this Fri, 11/1, at 5PM for our speaker series. Dr. Edwards's research on Black students & school safety is paramount for transformative educators, advocates, & policymakers. Join us! More info ⬇️, RSVP: tinyurl.com/yfn9zhdc
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The entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying.
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We Grow the World Together
Join @MayaSchenwar, @phillyprof03, @HarshaWalia, & @DorothyERoberts for a conversation about the intersections between caregiving & abolition
Wednesday, November 20th at 7:30 pm ET
RSVP to attend:
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🚨*Job alert*🚨 Come work w/ me at @edtransformGU! We're hiring a non-tenure line, Assistant Teaching Professor w/ a focus on teacher preparation & the educational needs of emergent bilingual & multilingual students. Please share widely, more details ➡️ apply.interfolio.com/157054
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For over two weeks, Israel has blocked food aid to northern Gaza, leaving 400,000 Palestinians facing starvation.
On #WorldFoodDay, we examine the cost of basic food items in Gaza.
🔗: aje.io/5ks7ju
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Wash Post headlines today silent on Israel's strikes on Gaza hospital, leading to deaths & burn victims. Meanwhile, reference to "Israeli defenses."
We need to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Palestine-Israel, & defend the educators disciplined for doing so. zinnedproject.org/news/teach…
ALT The Washington Post front page above the fold on Monday, Oct 14. Photo of football players. Headlines about "climate change," On IDF tour...", and "Israeli defenses."
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🚨UPDATE: What is happening now in northern Gaza, specifically in Jabalia, is a horrific war crime. The artillery shelling and airstrikes have not stopped for two days. Martyrs lie in the streets, and there is no food due to the siege. People don’t know what to do or where to go. Anyone who moves is executed. All of this is happening without any media coverage.
Finding inspiration and all kinds of sustenance @LostSockCoffee this gray Wednesday. Energized by some projects (and a new class!!!) in the works. Thank you Celeste Winston and Joy James. 💛✊🏻
