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@nickkristof Thanks for your piece on the Jim Crow education system. Spot on! We are calling attention to the disparities in Oregon… and making great progress. oregonlive.com/opinion/2020/0… oregonlive.com/opinion/2021/0…

“We matter. We matter”

School Resource Officers are an integral part of the school-to-prison pipeline which harms so many of our youth. Discontinuing their presence in Portland Public Schools is a big step towards justice.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. -James Baldwin.

20,000 teachers are at risk of deportation if Congress fails to pass the #DreamActNow. Make your voice heard: action.stand.org/page/speakout/…

Chronic absenteeism ticked up, but #Measure98 funds help OR schools keep their students present&ready to succeed: facebook.com/standoregon/po…

Fast fact: In OR similar drug use rates across all races. But black men twice as likely as white men to be convicted of drug offense. #orpol

New colleagues in OR: Supts Gustavo Balderas @4Jschools & Yvonne Curtis @FGSchools. ONLY 3 Latino system leaders in state w/ 220 districts.

300 gather, seek solutions to race disparity in Salem-Keizer schools stjr.nl/2ymEtum

What could possibly explain such different responses? twitter.com/jesserodriguez…

This is unacceptable anywhere in our society, but particularly repugnant at our elementary schools. #NoHate oregonlive.com/portland/index…

Don’t tell me this is about protecting the Second Amendment when you won’t stand up for the First Amendment.

96.7 % of kids in Oregon have health insurance. When happens when CHIP funds expire? @OregonGovBrown

Opinion: 477 days. 521 mass shootings. Zero action from Congress. nyti.ms/2fO1XBz

Mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map vox.com/a/mass-shootin… via @voxdotcom

"A leader leads by serving and serves by leading." Well said, @jodihack4oregon

If the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act succeeds, Oregonians will bear the brunt of the damage. #incart_river_index" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">oregonlive.com/business/index…

ICYMI – Great @oregonlive article on #Measure98 investments raising OR's #GraduationRate, one 9th grader at a time: oregonlive.com/opinion/index.…

Over 1/4 of middle schoolers report being bullied. The Kindness Challenge will give them skills like empathy & more: bit.ly/2wpu6V6

After the death of Sandra Bland, @karenrgood wondered what to tell her daughter about race. nyer.cm/snXvhVs #TNYarchive