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New Report Shows How Collective Bargaining Is A Critical Tool To Improve Public Education in Virginia

Research shows the positive impact that collective bargaining has on student experience, educator pay, and teacher retention RICHMOND, VA – As educators and advocates across the commonwealth are organizing in their communities to introduce and pass inclusive collective bargaining ordinances for public school employees, The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI) released a report today detailing […]

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Inviting Everyone In: Making Poetry Accessible

by Katherine Gotthardt Poetry. The word often evokes images of lectures on mysterious symbolism, subtextual themes, schools of thought, literary criticism and theory. Or maybe it brings to mind beatniks in coffeeshops snapping fingers at something only they can understand. While these traditions have helped build a culture around poetry, they have also constructed barriers […]

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Ambit

by Katherine Gotthardt Make no mistake: the ambit of your energy shines far beyond the flashlight’s ring – ungrounded. You are culmination: stars and moon and ascension. Luminous in all you have ever given. Radiant in what you’re becoming. Katherine Gotthardt, M.Ed., was winner of the 2021 PW Perspective and Business Crossing Network DMV Best […]

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Conversations in the Community to host neighborhood meetup

“Conversations In the Community” sponsors the following post Conversations in the Community is looking forward to a new season of virtual conversations starting Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 p.m. Our first conversation is “Who Are the People in Our Neighborhood?”  Community members will learn about the variety of resources in our local community and resources that can be […]

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Rhythms, Routines and Zones

by Jennifer Roberts, Founder of Conversations in the Community Whether we are excited about the start of a new school year or bemoaning the end of summer vacation, the new school year is upon us.  As the days continue to shorten and swimming pools begin to close, our attention shifts to the more disciplined life […]

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Critical American History

by Tracy Blake Name one primary system in nation that has not been used for, cut with, and is currently a mechanism for racism.  Lending, housing, healthcare, education, policing, etc., all have been used for, cut with, and are currently a mechanism for racism. Critical race theory is an academic concept that is more than […]

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