UnboundEd Blog

In our Cohort Program, one area of focus for our Equity Influencer Residency and Systems Leader Academy is “discretionary spaces,” a concept developed by researcher Dr. Deborah Ball.

With 2021 well underway and remote instruction continuing in many parts of the country, we want to share a few more thoughts about the UnboundEd Planning Process.

Nicole Williams, a leader, facilitator, and coach, shares how instructional decisions made by educators can have an impact on students’ lives that resonate intergenerationally

We dig into the “science of reading” with two UnboundEd facilitators, and how an evidence-based early literacy program can directly impact students’ life trajectories.

Now more than ever, we are stretching our mindsets and heart sets wide enough to think about redesigning our systems policies and practices to amplify the “cultural currencies” that are meant to enrich our students’ education.

Believe it or not, this is my love letter to you. Love is a funny thing; it makes things easy and hard at the same time. It’s easy to accept love’s validation and care while hard sometimes to accept its pain and distress.

With each generation after the Gettysburg Address, we as a nation have attempted to move closer and closer to our “all men are created equal” ideal; our doctrines boldly name it while simultaneously struggle to live up to it. ”Conceived in liberty” at the beginning of the line clings to me.

I love you, plain and simple. You have inspired me and made me cry out with despair. This duality of my love for you, America, mirrors the love I have for my father who was ravaged by addiction.

As we close out 2020 and consider the challenges it brought to our collective educator community, we want to take a moment to share three things that brought us hope this year.

As the semester ends and school leaders look ahead to 2021, we want to continue our look into the System Leaders Academy and Equity Influencer Residency that’s well-underway.