Setting new priorities for public education Antwan Jefferson, PhD Welcome to our first issue of 2021. Post-riots at the US Capitol Post-2020 election Post and During the announced departures of several local school district leaders During a reality-altering global pandemic that continues to hit closer and closer to home for Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Public Education’s Opportunity To Shift Course By | Allan Tellis, Chief Writer, Denver Traditional educational dynamics have had to be reimagined during the nation’s struggle with COVID-19. The common educational experience has been profoundly altered by Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Educator Perspective By | Shakira D. Abney-Wisdom During 2020, we were faced with the reality of two pandemics: COVID-19 and systemic racism. Both have more severe impacts on historically and persistently marginalized groups, namely people of color, independent of level of education or Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Scholar Perspective By | Danielle Walker Planting the Seeds of Liberation The global COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the very roots of the US educational system. US education at its roots is traditional, rigid, and quite frankly designed for White students. Therefore, this system has Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Student Perspective By | Valantina Zeremariam Treat Us Like the Future, Not the Burden. Let’s Get Real. In 2003, the aftermath of the bloodshed of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war, my parents decide to immigrate to the United States, “The Land of Opportunity.’’ My mother especially Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Personal Perspective By | Darlene Sampson, PhD, LCSW If Not Now … When? Reimagine, reclaim, restore, reform, and transform are some of the words regarding the institution of education I have incorporated into my lexicon over the past 20 years. Multiple missteps, lack of Read more…