Teachers Returned Last Week; COVID-19 Has Sent 260 Home
By Katie Shepherd Paul Adamus, 7, climbs the stairs of a bus before the first day of school on Aug. 3 in Dallas, Ga. Adamus is among tens of thousands …
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Petition to Remove GCPS Resource Officers
We demand police free schools in Gwinnett County! School resource officers do not make schools safer and undermine emotional safety. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) should educate children how to …
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Gov. Kemp Wants School to Reopen with Insufficient Funds
It’s devastating to see our leaders so willing to put our children, teachers, staff members, and our loved ones in harm’s way during the middle of a pandemic. Numbers across …
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3 Ways To Help Black Boys Love Reading!
Reading is the passport needed to get on the train to freedom. Our goal in Gwinnett County Schools should be to turn around the many reasons why Black boys hate …
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Black Students Behind Grade Levels in Reading Will Struggle During Virtual Learning
COVID-19 has done more than cause a health pandemic, economic scare and new adaptation to our social norms. It has also uncovered the unreasonable and unrealistic ideals we have for …
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Break Every Chain Gwinnett County School System Uses to Oppress Our Children
We cannot escape the reality that systemic racism is in our public education system. We see it in real, tangible examples of many of our Black and brown students. Students …
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Moving Forward: One Student’s Five Hopes For the Future of Education
by Josh Stern | Student, NYC Department of Education Well, we’ve done it! With the passage of July 4, summer is officially in full swing! But for millions of educators …
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Racism at the Top of the Gwinnett County School System is the Problem.
Recently the current Gwinnett County School Board Chair, Louise Radloff’s comment toward the only Black board member, Everton Blair as been heard saying to the Superintendent, “I could strangle him”, …
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Call to Action – No Implementation Without Representation
Dear Gwinnett County Board of Education: We the people of Gwinnett, the students, parents, teachers, nurses, and community stakeholders call upon the Gwinnett County Board of Education to revise their …
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Collins Hill High Yearbooks to Replace Racist Photograph
Racism is vibrant at Collins Hill High School in Gwinnett County. The school will print new, revised 2019-20 yearbooks. Principal Kerensa Wing issued an apology for what she described as a …
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