Twice Exceptional Children Did you know that your child receiving Exceptional Children’s (EC) services can also be identified as Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG)? If a student who received EC services is identified to have received AIG services, then this student is labeled “Twice-Identified”, a student who shows giftedness in one area with learning challenges […]
Taking Care of Our Community What happens when you donate to Black women-led organizations? You help to increase their operating budget. According to a report by the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute (YBGB), many black led and black benefitting nonprofits operate on a budget of less than $500,000 a year, with a large portion […]
Disparities in Discipline: Five Ways to Decrease Over Disciplining & Harm in Learning Communities I remember the first time my son was sent to the principal’s office. It had recently rained, and his school playground had accumulated puddles of water. In his attempts to fix the drainage problem, he was creating a structure to drain […]
Access to Advanced Academics, Creates Access to Opportunity Why wasn’t she given the same opportunity to try the advanced classes that her peers were? My twelve year old just started middle school this year. As we were preparing for the start of the school year, purchasing school supplies and planning for her middle school orientation, […]
