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Public charter schools are in the fight for WA kids | Opinion
As the state regulator of charter public schools, the Washington State Charter School Commission is responsible for ensuring that schools meet the expectations outlined in their charters — their contracts with the state. When I began as executive director in September 2024, I anticipated working with passionate families who had found their right fit in charter public schools.
Mecklenburg County Mugshots January 31st
Mecklenburg County Mugshots January 31st 1/45 Mecklenburg-County-Mugshots 2/45 Cruz Aguilar-Arita – Possess Schedule I Controlled Substance – Carrying Concealed Weapon, Gun 3/45 Joseph Akpome – Common Law Robbery 4/45 Nyha Alexander – Simple Assault 5/45 Willie Anthony – Possess Firearm By Felon – Flee, Elude Arrest With Motor Vehicle 6/45 Devin Backstrom – Common Law Robbery 7/45 Robert Brewton-Quinn – Robbery With Dangerous Weapon – Possess Stolen Firearm 8/45 Travon Brown – Carrying...
Black History Today 2024: DeRay Mckesson, reminding us that a revolutionary life is an act of love — Rise Up for Students
By Marcus Harden Rarely do we get to choose our purpose. More often it seems the purpose chooses us – or perhaps the purpose is offered to us like an open doorway, and we are asked simply to step into it, to carry it forward. Many times these pathways to purpose are illuminated in moments of need, and the people who heed the call tend to come from the most unsuspecting places.
Washington State Legislature Has A Courage Gap When It Comes To Education
By Marcus Harden “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is … the white moderate … who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action” … who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season” … Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
Black History Today: Brad Brown, trusted mentor and guidepost — Rise Up for Students
Black History Today, created by Marcus Harden in celebration of Black History Month, pays tribute to the living legacy of Black history in our community and beyond and recognizes the people shaping the future. Presented in collaboration with the South Seattle Emerald. By Marcus Harden There’s no such thing as a self-made person. Nobody who survives or thrives through the human experience ever truly goes it alone.
Black History Today 2021: Honoring the everyday heroes in our community — Rise Up for Students
“I live in the space of thankfulness — and for that, I have been rewarded a million times over. I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because — for sure — what you focus on expands. When you focus on the goodness in life, you create more of it.” -Oprah Winfrey By Marcus Harden I loathe funerals. I suppose most people do. Yet, I despise them for different reasons than most would imagine.
Love as a Qualifier: Building Literacy Culture Across a School
Abstract Becoming literate is emotional work. From the time we are born, we engage in multiple literacies, constructing new knowledge and powerful ideas that, together, bridge new understandings. With those new understandings, we are constantly being challenged and provoked with new information.
Educators of Color Have to Make Space for Self Care and Healing
“You cannot heal in the same environment you got sick in.” -Unknown I’m an optimist. It’s what keeps me in education all these years. In the times I’ve wavered or thought about shifting careers to become a blackjack dealer, cruise ship concierge or professional hand model, it’s been my belief in people and individuals that has kept me. Not just belief, but the belief in the best in us — in all of us. Yet optimism wanes when it comes to the “systems” we serve.
How Do We Create Spaces for Healing as Educators of Color? — Rise Up for Students
By Marcus Harden “You cannot heal in the same environment you got sick in.” -Unknown I’m an optimist. It’s what keeps me in education all these years. In the times I’ve wavered or thought about shifting careers to become a blackjack dealer, cruise ship concierge or professional hand model, it’s been my belief in people and individuals that has kept me. Not just belief, but the belief in the best in us — in all of us. Yet optimism wanes when it comes to the “systems” we serve.
Black Male Educators: The Endgame
By Marcus Harden “Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.” “You can go to bed... but will you be able to rest?” This was a line at the beginning of “Avengers: Endgame” that caused perspiration inside of my eyes and a twinge within my educator soul. In my last blog post, I wrote about the conditions that cause many Black educators to leave the classroom.
Liberating Structures: Why Black Male Educators Leave the Field (part 1)
“It is strange, then, that the friends of truth and the promoters of freedom have not risen up against the present propaganda in the schools and crushed it.” - Carter G. Woodson Being a Black Male Educator has become the real life version of being the Dothraki Warriors charging into battle against the White Walkers with our swords lit for liberation, only to watch them slowly dim and eventually fade out into the good night, with no mythical savior in sight.
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