Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Billions are about to flow from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan to state education agencies and local school districts. Huge increases to Title I are also on the horizon. NOW is the time to be vigilant. Please be sure that communities of color and historically marginalized students in your community benefit. NOW is the time to…
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Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key stakeholders. Truth For America is co-hosted by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig and Dr. T. Jameson Brewer. Is Teach For America as prestigious as it is perceived? Julian Vasquez Heilig, T. Jameson Brewer and Barbara…
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Was honored to join Kentucky Senator Gerald Neal and talk about recent attempts across the United States to ban Critical Race Theory and the implications of “cancel culture” on discussions about historical and modern events in social studies, democracy and education. https://fb.watch/5OipjHPeGO/
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The first thing I thought about when I heard the news was that mi abuelitas (my grandmothers) Maria Ygnacia Vasquez and Herminia Ovalle Vasquez would be proud hearing this news today. Adapted from Maya Angelou, Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that’s wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I…
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You should know this is happening: Richard Corcoran, the Florida Dept of Education Commissioner, said he fired a teacher for #BlackLivesMatter Here is what the Florida Times-Union said about the situation A Duval County teacher who hung a Black Lives Matter flag in her classroom says she heard she was fired through a YouTube video. …
Cloaking Inequity 