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Young author receives writing award for personal story A Deering High School senior who aspires to be an attorney as well as an accomplished writer is the winner of this year’s Founders Prize, awarded annually to the author of the best piece of writing to come out of a Telling Room young writers program in […]

Critical race theory has been fully institutionalized at the California high school district that tried to reeducate me six years ago.

Your thoughts on that. >> the colonizing meaning instead of going with turkey, you will go with ham, dont do that but stick to the tradition but unfortunately thats not what it means because these people are miserable. if you are on an equity team you have to believe this country is evil and founded on white supremacy and things that need to be dismantled and then rebuilt. so now they are trying to run thanksgiving. they have rent other holidays and they will not stop until they have total ruin ...

>> kevin: lauren green tonight for us, lauren, thank you. the chancellor of washington, d.c., public schools raising eyebrows tonight after he sent a letter encouraging parents to decolonize thanksgiving. here is what chancellor lewis wrote. if you celebrate, the equity team has shared resources how you can consider decolonize in your thanksgiving. if you host a thanksgiving day meal, consider doing a land acknowledgment, reading recommendations, two articles to decolonize your holiday. the arti...

Schools in Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington state have moved away from Halloween-themed celebrations this year.

Chief diversity officers (CDOs) charged with promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals have become ubiquitous on college campuses.REF Now this institutional arrangement is being exported to the K–12 education system.

Some students have historically declined to participate in the Pumpkin Parade.

Councilmember Tammy Morales stumped for Nicole Thomas-Kennedy downtown this morning: After a bunch of right-wingers and civility trolls tried to get the city fired up over some inflammatory tweets, Morales highlighted the City Attorney’s primary role of defending Seattle’s progressive revenue streams and policies against constant corporate assault. TV reporters then did what TV reporters do (amplify the “concerns” of the safe and landed gentry, and then frame questions as...

Mask-- class make their own masks, but dont cancel the party. deep down it was the racial equity team at the school with no consultation of the parents that identified this problem and decided to kill off the halloween celebration. we cant let this go on. lincoln when he signed the proclamation making thanksgiving a national holiday, he did so because he said he wanted to unite the country around shared experiences, so you share a culture as a people. thats so important for kids in the school se...