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David Kirkland
Jan 136 min read
Who’s Teaching Our Kids? The Struggle for a More Diverse Teacher Workforce
Schools are meant to reflect the communities they serve, fostering opportunity and fairness for all students. But what happens when efforts
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David Kirkland
Dec 10, 20247 min read
The Multilingual Child: Toward a Pedagogy of Linguistic Belonging
What if education stopped asking multilingual children to fit into a ready-made world and started building a world ready for them?
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David Kirkland
Nov 21, 20246 min read
Equity Matters
Equity matters, and this perspectives article explains why and why we reaffirm our commitment to equity work.
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David Kirkland
Sep 24, 20247 min read
Where Have Our Children Gone? Chronic Absenteeism and the Disappearance of Black, Latinx, and Economically Less Advantaged Students Post-COVID
In a system designed to educate, it's ironic that so many students are learning how to disappear.
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David Kirkland
Sep 16, 202427 min read
Revisiting Race, School Integration, and the Future of Education
As we congratulate ourselves on 'progress,' this 5-year-old podcast reminds us real conversation on race never happened.
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David Kirkland
Sep 9, 202410 min read
Can We Talk? A Critical Examination of Cellphone Bans in Schools
After relying on cellphones to save education during the pandemic, schools are now banning tools that could someday transform learning.
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David Kirkland
Sep 2, 20248 min read
Courageous Confrontations: Why We Must Preserve DEI Work
The future of DEI must be one of continuous evolution, informed by the lessons of the past but unafraid to innovate for the future.
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David Kirkland
Aug 26, 20248 min read
Reclaiming Possibility: An Intentional Focus on Black Boys This School Year
Let us enter this school year with a renewed commitment to our Black boys, knowing that by lifting them, we become titans, lifting our world
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David Kirkland
Jul 29, 20244 min read
The Arc of Pedagogy
The pedagogical arc is a structured approach to education that emphasizes a beginning, middle, and end in lessons, units, and individual act
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David Kirkland
Jul 22, 20249 min read
What is Dignity-Driven Education?
Dignity-driven education is more than equity (how we respond within an inequitable system). It pivots to belonging (how do we create systems
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David Kirkland
Jul 8, 20245 min read
Beyond Disproportionality
While it’s essential to acknowledge disproportionality, we must not fixate on it. It’s more important to recognize that equity can exist, an
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