Hey all… welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable…we might be here for a little while. We have a lot to talk about today so let’s get started… Over the last couple days, we have focused our attention on the first of many choices Pink Valley District would need to makeContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 4)”
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Pink Room Poetry
Hey all…welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. Today we are supposed to talk about the first iteration of Pink Valley’s pandemic schooling… but it turns out I need a little more time to collect my thoughts so that I say something thatContinue reading “Pink Room Poetry”
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 3)
Hey all … welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. It’s a little late but I am excited to jump back into the roots with you. So let’s get started… Yesterday in “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 2)“, we began exploring the very firstContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 3)”
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 2)
Hey all… welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. As you may have noticed over the last few days, I am still getting my sea legs when it comes to the timing of these post, so for now just expect to see aContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 2)”
I Love Musicals… (and plays)
Hey all … welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. Today we are continuing to talk about things that make me smile before we jump into the “deep” stuff next week. Yep… you guessed it .. we are talking musicaaaaals (and plays). SoContinue reading “I Love Musicals… (and plays)”
2D Shenanigans
Hey all… welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we will be here for a little while. I have decided to put our roots conversation on hold for now and instead share a little bit today and tomorrow about a couple things that just make me smile. Today we are talkingContinue reading “2D Shenanigans”
Rebellious Breathing
Black joy. I only say black joy because well black and joy often don’t find themselves together I have often tried to remember it… For I too am tired that the world thinks sorrow and blackness ought to be synonymous I too am tired of crying So, I decided to banish sorrow or at leastContinue reading “Rebellious Breathing”
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 1)
Hey all… welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. Yesterday, in “What is School Really?” we left off with a question whose answer has the power to expose our most core assumptions about education and schooling. That is “what is school really?” orContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (Part 1)”
What is School Really?
“But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. You must never look away from this. You must always remember that the sociology, the history, the economics, the graphs, the charts,Continue reading “What is School Really?”
COVID and Our Roots
Hey all… welcome back to my pink room! Grab a seat, get comfortable… we might be here for a little while. So I decided that with this post we might get a little bit more serious and I can let you in on some of my thoughts about what COVID is perhaps revealing about usContinue reading “COVID and Our Roots”
From the Pink Room 