MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ Post

Real results, authentic connections. This is how educators describe their experience with Liberation Journeys. Learn more about how we support teachers in creating classrooms that center student voice and champion racial justice: https://lnkd.in/gscvd6x7

Does placing a seclusion room in or near a special education classroom constitute discrimination? #endseclusion Image description: Black background with an image of a small seclusion room. Text in red background at the top says: Question for the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights. Next line of text in white lettering: Does placing a seclusion room in or near a special education classroom constitute discrimination? Next line of text: At the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint, we believe the answer is clearly yes. Building a seclusion room in or close to a special education classroom shows intent to place disabled children in the room disproportionately.

"Over the last dozen years, the Broward model has naturally ebbed and flowed based on size, needs, and, of course, a global pandemic; however, the best change is that a program that was designed to support high school students in their first year or two of competition now supports students as young as kindergarten in almost all categories of competitive forensics." Read more about the impacts of "Building Performing Arts Programs in Elementary & Middle School" » https://lnkd.in/gMgcBJB5

This is how we treat each of our students--with respect, dignity, and as an individual with unlimited potential. Learn more about our In-District Classrooms for students with behavioral and emotional challenges today: https://hubs.la/Q02gZXzd0

COMING SOON! Interested in learning how parental education level and student college attendance varied by whether students met with a high school counselor? Check back on 8/15 for the new report: High School Counselor Meetings about College, College Attendance, and Parental Education. [Image description: ALT: A high school counselor advising one of her students. To the left is a blue overlay with the text “Coming soon.” Below the image is the IES logo and the title “High School Counselor Meetings about College, College Attendance, and Parental Education.” Spanning the bottom of the image is a narrow black that includes the text “National Center for Education Statistics” to the left and “nces.ed.gov” to the right.]

Looking to build out some resources on the inteeeection of trauma-informed practices, arts education, and social and emotional learning. Send me your ideas, names of folks active in this space, framework, and more!

Building Racially Affirming Learning Spaces: Empathy means listening with humility and trying to more deeply understand the experiences and feelings of other people. During our work with Dallas ISD's Student + Teacher Design Collaborative on Race and Racism, we had students and teachers use story-based questions to build empathy for one another and uncover unacknowledged needs. Learn more: https://loom.ly/OzxCluE

This story emphasizes the importance of education and acceptance. https://lnkd.in/dK9a9JCm

Building Racially Affirming Learning Spaces: Empathy means listening with humility and trying to more deeply understand the experiences and feelings of other people. During our work with Dallas ISD's Student + Teacher Design Collaborative on Race and Racism, we had students and teachers use story-based questions to build empathy for one another and uncover unacknowledged needs. Learn more: https://loom.ly/OzxCluE

Most students of color in our region rarely (if ever) experience representation from the people that they spend a large portion of their lives with – their teachers. Our latest blog explores the impact of representation in the classroom as well as what we can do to change the status quo: https://lnkd.in/eP7Tde_g