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Kelly Hurst

@mochamomma

Oct 13, 2017 • 11 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo

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Since the focus is on #WOCAffirmation I'm going to share some things for new followers/friends about my work and my life. (a short #thread)

@usblm

First, a piece on the supposed inconvenience of Black Lives Matter. @usblm kellywickham.com/mochamomma/201…

Second, some things schools can do with a few addendum items to my earlier piece. 1. Decolonize your school curriculum.

Decolonization of textbooks isn't a large field of study because higher ed would have to research something they believe in as true.

@apple

2. School boards, curric councils, & leaders all need to be diverse & NOT JUST 12 WHITE BLUE-EYED ME IN THE ROOM. Looking at you, @apple.

3. Define and defend your pedagogy. What you believe in schools, about schools, and about educating children matters. Not just pre-service.

I worked at a school where, when polled, only 70% of us believed all children can learn. That is abysmal. It's embarrassing. It's dead wrong

@chrisemdin

4. Assess the diversity of leaders and make changes. All skinfolk ain't kinfolk. @chrisemdin wrote a book on that. amzn.to/2wSTsIE

5. Build Transformation Teams to do this work. It doesn't happen just because you have a Diversity Team. It happens WITH INTENTION.

6. Check your bias. Regularly. As whole staff teams. In small groups. Check it, because it starts in pre-school. bit.ly/2kKhUdC

I'm going to end here for now. I'm available for speaking purposes. This month, I'm at churches and a college in Colorado. HOLLA AT YA GIRL.

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Kelly Hurst

@mochamomma

Sep 8, 2018

It's back-to-school time so I want to share a little of my experience with being a Black admin in a school with 48% white students. This is specifically for parents of Black children so you know what happens in schools & are able to disrupt this issue with "discipline". #thread

I walked into a team teacher meeting (they're all white) who was to be doing curriculum planning. Instead, they switched it up and decided to call kids out of class to talk to them about their "behavior". I'll keep putting that in quotes since it was a nefarious act.

The Ts are on one side of the table and a Black student, we'll call him X, was on the other. He was slumped over, picking at his fingers. Walking in and seeing this I asked, "What's this?" They told me they were trying to talk to him about what he does in class. It smelled fishy.

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Kelly Hurst

@mochamomma

Jun 29, 2018

Teachers - the evidence points to us doing things radically different next school year. Some of y'all are prepping already but if you're still in the "I'm paralyzed" camp but want to contribute to some incredibly important changes this country needs then here's a little thread.

@ZinnEdProject

FIRST, go sign up for all the social media you can get from @ZinnEdProject. You'll get daily On This Day material but you'll also get teaching materials, the ability to search by time period or theme, and you can also donate. DON'T forget to donate.
zinnedproject.org

You can start with this one: zinnedproject.org/2016/06/civil-… because the protests students are currently seeing are not unlike those in the 60s. This may mean you'll have to do something you don't like. You MIGHT have to cut down on that favorite unit of yours that you've spent years on.

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Kelly Hurst

@mochamomma

Jun 1, 2018

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Normally I see things like this and my only reaction is OMG IN 2018? (or fill in the year because I have been disgusted for several of them) but I'm going to break this one down.

First, I hope Malik and his family sound all the alarms over this because it's too rampant.

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Ok, so it looks like this assignment is on repeat. You can see where the teacher wrote in the "8" for 2018 so they've used this before. The fact that this is EXTRA credit is incredibly problematic because it's white kids who might do this. Black students may feel anger & refuse.

Right off the bat, we're giving white students an advantage here by offering extra credit that doesn't harm them so they'll think, "Why not?"

There aren't really directions. Just a numbered list. No objectives are stated here. No purpose for the assignment. This=poor teaching.

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Kelly Hurst

@mochamomma

Feb 21, 2018

@HoustonChron

Pssst, hey students? Come here for a second. I want to share a secret with you. (THREAD) Houston-area school district threatens to suspend students who protest after Florida shooting houstonchronicle.com/news/education… via @HoustonChron

Sometimes, the adults in your schools flat out lie to you. Other times, they just get things wrong. Either way, I want to be straight with you on some things about education, especially of the public sort. When you hear "A disruption of the school will not be tolerated" be wary.

Y'all have disruptions daily. It's okay when the ADULTS do it. They'll pull you out of class to narc on your friends and get information out of you. Sometimes, they'll stop the learning because they bring in a special speaker. Those aren't always good.

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