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Amber Walker

Long Beach
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Covers:  education, race, popular culture, gender
Comedian. Journalist. Professional vagabond.
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La Follette High School's key club gives back to its own with student-run food pantry

La Follette High School's key club gives back to its own with student-run food pantry

The Capital Times — While the La Follette High School Key Club is used to serving the community outside of school, the group is giving back to its own student body through an on-campus food pantry. In September, the service organization opened a food pantry for La Follette students and their families.
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Be their guest: Four elementary schools to take part in Disney/Overture musical theater program

Be their guest: Four elementary schools to take part in Disney/Overture musical theater program

The Capital Times — Four Madison elementary schools were selected to participate in the Disney Musicals in Schools Program. The Overture Center received a $100,000 grant from the Disney Theatrical Group to implement theater programming in Madison schools for the next two years. The Overture Center selected Falk, Glendale, Hawthorne, and Mendota elementary schools for the first year of the grant.
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Verona elementary school students learn how to code in Español

Verona elementary school students learn how to code in Español

The Capital Times — Lisette Venegas' second-grade class sat on a multicolored patchwork carpet and gathered around a smartboard. Moana, the title character from the latest Disney film, was on the screen with a mission for Venegas' students: "Ayúdame a crear una línea." As Venegas asked her class who wanted to help Moana make her line, the excitement was palpable.
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For Madison parents and teachers, opinions split on Personalized Pathways program

For Madison parents and teachers, opinions split on Personalized Pathways program

The Capital Times — As the Madison Metropolitan School District begins to introduce its Personalized Pathways program to students, it continues to face questions from parents and teachers about the plan. As a new model for Madison's four main high schools, pathways will be rolled out next fall. The program combines project-based learning with collaboration across multiple subject areas.
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Gloria Ladson-Billings guides parents on kids' transition from home to school

Gloria Ladson-Billings guides parents on kids' transition from home to school

The Capital Times — On Thursday evening, Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor of urban education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, came to Lincoln Elementary School to talk about a big change all parents face: their child's transition from home to school. Over four dozen people gathered in the school library for Ladson-Billings' talk, the second in a series of events presented by the One City Institute for Early Learning.
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To My Unborn Sons: 'A Bounty Has Been Placed On Your Head. Your Price: Worthless.'

To My Unborn Sons: 'A Bounty Has Been Placed On Your Head. Your Price: Worthless.'

Huffington Post — Last night, I witnessed history. I'm still having a hard time grasping the magnitude of what this day will represent in the history of the Black experience in this country. By the time you are born, Trayvon Martin's story will be etched in our collective memory. His name will be synonymous with Emmett Till.
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A Teacher's Tour of A Changing Miami | Teach For America

A Teacher's Tour of A Changing Miami | Teach For America

teachforamerica.org — One corps member reflects on her struggle to "lift as she climbs" through gentrification.
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Why Teachers of Color Stay

Why Teachers of Color Stay

teacherpop.org — I read an article called "Why Teachers of Color Quit" that detailed various reasons why corps members of color leave the classroom. One of the concerns the author addressed was her family's perception of the work that she does. Is teaching long-term something that will make her family proud?
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Madison residents inspired by social media to pay off school lunch balances for local students

Madison residents inspired by social media to pay off school lunch balances for local students

The Capital Times — Madison librarian Raina Bloom was browsing her timeline on Twitter last week when she saw a call to action from one of the people she follows. "A cool thing you can do today is try to find out which of your local schools have kids with overdue lunch accounts and pay them off," Ashley C.
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