equity
Black History Month: Celebrating a Beautifully Rich Culture
Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy, Awards & Recognition
Author: James Layman • Date: February 1, 2024
With Black History Month here, you may ask, "What does this mean for me?" In our daily lives, many of us may not know how...
The AWSP Equity Guide: The Heart Work of School Leadership
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Resource
Author: Gina Yonts • Date: May 2, 2023
We are excited to have made our final edits to a new publication called The AWSP Equity Guide: The Heart Work of School Leadership. The...
Walking Our Equity Talk: It’s Time for Time to Change
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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: October 3, 2022
If we truly want to put equity into action, then perhaps we should consider redefining time throughout the system. How do we define an instructional...
It’s Black History Month, but I Run Year-round for Ahmaud Arbery
Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy, Awards & Recognition
Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: February 24, 2022
I’d like to start this blog by sharing three things with you - one you know for sure, and two you probably didn’t. First, it’s...
Free Mentoring for Your Students From Ivy League College Students
Resource
Author: Dr. Kurt Hatch • Date: June 4, 2020
The COVID–19 shutdown unexpectedly sent thousands of university students home and left them disappointed and uncertain about their future. However, many of them knew they...
More Thoughts on Grading
Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy, Elementary, High School, Middle Level, Resource
Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: April 24, 2020
AWSP supports OSPI’s and their workgroup’s guidance for grading. The guidelines are the right thing at the right time. They give districts a clear framework...
Helping Bridge The Digital Divide
Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy, Resource
Author: Roz Thompson • Date: April 2, 2020
With the closure of our brick and mortar school buildings due to the coronavirus, access to the internet is becoming a necessity for all students....
National Geographic: “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.”
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Author: Dr. Kurt Hatch • Date: August 13, 2019
This blog’s title comes from a recent National Geographic article describing the magazine’s investigation into its historical arc-of-reporting on people of color in the U.S....
Fact or Fiction: Schools Are No Longer Allowed to Use Exclusion or Suspensions?!
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Author: Dr. Kurt Hatch • Date: April 26, 2019
While not completely accurate, this headline reflects the feeling of many principals Washington grappling with changes to state laws for suspensions and expulsion. To be...