Category: Wisdom
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Julian Vasquez Heilig (AB ’97, AM ’99) reflects on his journey, inspired by SOE faculty, from U-M undergraduate to Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. See the original story on the University of Michigan website here. Julian Vasquez Heilig was not quite sure what career prospects a master’s degree in higher education…
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How do we prepare future educators when cancel culture seeks to ban difficult discussions in education?Listen Live: devilradio927.com/listen-live/Call: 844.967.2789 If you miss the show I’ll post the YouTube later in the week.
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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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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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I need some advice today. I made a bad decision to get a tattoo when I lived in Houston back in 1999. How much would it cost to get my large @walmart tattoo removed?
Cloaking Inequity 