By Cyril Slemaker As school districts push for the complete return to pre-pandemic normality, it’s time to reflect on the ways that COVID-19 has made commonplace some of the accommodations disabled staff and students have been requesting, and ultimately denied, prior to the … [Read more...] about How To Make Disability Justice a Classroom Priority
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Trauma-informed Policy and Practice: How Schools Can Support Students and Staff After National Tragedies
By Andrea Ruggirello Content note: Mentions of violence and racism, mentions of police violence/brutality, mentions of specific national tragedies impacting the Asian American and Black communities The morning after the Atlanta mass shooting that took the lives of eight people, six of whom … [Read more...] about Trauma-informed Policy and Practice: How Schools Can Support Students and Staff After National Tragedies
How Librarians and Teachers Can Cultivate Diverse Books That Go Beyond the Trauma Experience
By Morgan Jackson In recent years, it seems as if every publication, educational organization, and school district has created a diverse reading list. In many ways, they embody Rudine Sims Bishop’s mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. These lists increase the representation of marginalized … [Read more...] about How Librarians and Teachers Can Cultivate Diverse Books That Go Beyond the Trauma Experience
