Thursday, February 13, 2020

What Gives You the White of Way? How Seattle Public Schools Educators of Color Are Fighting Back – I AM AN EDUCATOR

What Gives You the White of Way? How Seattle Public Schools Educators of Color Are Fighting Back – I AM AN EDUCATOR

What Gives You the White of Way? How Seattle Public Schools Educators of Color Are Fighting Back


The below statement was written by Ethnic Studies Advisory Group in Seattle in an urgent defense of their program.
This group, comprised of a majority of womxn of color, has been doing vital work to create Ethnic Studies curriculum and guide the implementation of Ethnic Studies for the Seattle Public Schools. And yet Ethnic Studies hasn’t been given the support it needs. The district only hired one person for entire program and now they are now full on attacking Ethnic Studies by placing Ethnic Studies Program Manager, Tracy Castro-Gill, on administrative leave based on false accusations.
Please read and share this statement from the Ethnic Studies Advisory Group and consider donating to support Tracy.



Seattle Public Schools, home of some of the most egregious racial disparities in the country, a district who claims to “unapologetically” serve “students furthest from educational justice” in their Strategic Plan, “Seattle Excellence”, is apparently trying to CONTINUE READING: What Gives You the White of Way? How Seattle Public Schools Educators of Color Are Fighting Back – I AM AN EDUCATOR