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Maria Brown, Educational Consultant and Equity Advocate discusses the Minneapolis injustice on May 26, 2020. Four responding police office are fired in the wake of an alleged murder of a handcuffed man.

Maria Brown asks the questions we need to hear about the rights of non custodial parents during the pandemic?

An equity question to address the state of immigration and the absence of action that impeded the rights of children and adults.

Maria Brown discusses how technology can be used to provide support for English Language Learners. Connect about Equity in Education @learn_peak or on Facebook at Learn Grow Peak.

Colleges have change their admission requirements so that student who do not take the SAT or ACT can apply. This is a win for equity in education.

Scholastic has designed a classroom library that helps teachers connect to materials and resources this episode outlines how using poetry books from the classroom library can support STEM/STEAM learning environments. https://ncte.org/blog/2020/04/where’s-poetry-classroom-library/ and The Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers

This episode celebrates the use of William Shakespeare’s pieces to connect communities to reading and introduces graphic novels that feature people of color. tools to build both readers and leaders. Resources: https://ncte.org and http://scroll.in/article/959954

A reading and writing platform designed to support students, families and teachers, to Learn, Grow and Peak. This free resource will support all student learning and instructional goals.

In this episode we host a special guest who has matched literacy materials and career based resources to provide support to students and their families in grades K-8. Learn more about STEM based hands on tasks and reading fun.

Reading is the anchor to learning and growing. This episode explores www.Readworks.org and includes the steps to turn remote learning best practices in reading into a reality. https://about.readworks.org/remote_learning.html#onepager