Recently, longtime Gwinnett School Board Member, Mary Kay Murphy, is projected to have won her reelection campaign against Gwinnett County special education teacher Tanisha Banks. And yes, Tanisha is a Black woman whose name is added to the list of Black women across the country who ran for public office on a platform of equity. The 74 shared a powerful…
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We Cannot Reform Prisons without Reforming Education!
Many Metro Atlanta school districts are returning back to school on today. But how many of these schools will actually decrease the number of Black students impacted by bias in policies designed to throw them into the school to prison pipeline? In working to decrease the school to prison pipeline in Georgia over the last 15 years, I can tell…
Making Education in Georgia Equitable for All Students
Making education in Georgia great for all students, begins with us acknowledging that every child isn’t given a quality or equitable education in every Georgia classroom. Imagine this. . . in 2019 when it rains, your child can’t even walk down the sidewalk safely because the walking pathways to your child’s school are flooded. Even the front parking area where…