When Juvenile Crimes Mean Decades of Incarceration Part 3: The Voices of Students Excluded from School

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin   We Listen to These Student Voices to Face What They Experience By writing Prelude to Prison: Student Perspectives on School Suspension, Marsha Weissman gives suspended and expelled students … Read more When Juvenile Crimes Mean Decades of Incarceration Part 3: The Voices of Students Excluded from School

Martin Luther King, Justice, and Special Education

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   “I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right, and that is good.”  – Martin Luther King, Jr.   We cannot allow school administrators to treat our students unjustly or to tell lies about our students just because … Read more Martin Luther King, Justice, and Special Education

Interview with Brandon Hersey, Seattle Public School Board Member of District VII, part 2

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   Read Brandon’s personal statement about his history and the changes he is working on to create true racial equity in Seattle Public Schools. This is the second post of a two-part interview with Brandon Hersey. This post focuses on striving for racial equity and justice in our schools. *** I … Read more Interview with Brandon Hersey, Seattle Public School Board Member of District VII, part 2