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In Which I Confess to Lacking Grit, Apparently, and Blame It on Family

On February 2, 2014   /   Chris Lehman, disadvantaged students, grit, Ira Socol, Josie Holford, Laura Deisley, NotYourFathersSchool, persistence, school success, teaching  

The most exciting place I knew growing up was the “everyday” living room of my grandparents’ house. It was just across the street, so I could go there whenever I wanted.   The room also served as the main reading room of the “library” that was their house, […]

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LANDS

I here affirm that the offices from which I work are situated on lands that have a very long and continuing history as a locus of residence, livelihood, traditional expression, and exchange by the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wabanaki, Hohokam, O’odam, Salt River Pima, and Maricopa people. The servers for this website are situated on Ute and Goshute land. We make this acknowledgment to remind ourselves, our educational partners, and our friends of our shared obligation to acknowledge and work toward righting the inequities and injustices that have alienated indigenous peoples from the full occupation and utilization of these spaces.