Doctor laura is a professor at university of Chicago State University at work is about a young brother who went from high achieving student and the trouble in school and ended up in prison. And i think when you have these conversations about urban education and conversation in this space its important for us remember that the School District sets the tone for the community and that part of the district is reflective of the community. I pleased and honored to introduce dr. Laura today and welcome you for our cohort. Thank you. [applause] hi, everybody. Give me a favor and stand up and [inaudible] have a seat. In addition to the themes just offered im also a yoga teacher son jeffrey mindful of our need to move around. I really still trying to process [inaudible] you have to forgive me if i take a moment to let all soak in. People think and metaphors [inaudible] and to get the kind of information that we cant get from cnn, to really take us to charlottesville and whats been happening over
Dr. Atkins talked a lot about what we ought to think about doing as we are leading in an immediate crisis, something calling for our attention in the here and now. I think i want to talk about what it means to prevent a crisis, or more accurately, to lead in a way that intervenes in an ongoing crisis. I want to talk specifically about the school to prison pipeline. Have you heard the phrase . You would be surprised at how many rooms i have gone into the, and it is a completely new experience to hear about the school to prison pipeline, but i am lucky that i am in a room full of unicorns, a room full of people who are concerned with issues of equity and justice and diversity and inclusion, and ive got to say there arent very many rooms like this. There arent very many colleges of education like the one that don mentioned earlier please tell me your last name dr. Williams mentioned earlier today, which makes me feel like i have to step my game up and get a whole intro video for myself. [
Dr. Atkins talked a lot about what we ought to think about doing as we are leading in an immediate crisis, something calling for our attention in the here and now. I think i want to talk about what it means to prevent a crisis, or more accurately, to lead in a way that intervenes in an ongoing crisis. I want to talk specifically about the school to prison pipeline. Have you heard the phrase . You would be surprised at how many rooms i have gone into the, and it is a completely new experience to hear about the school to prison pipeline, but i am lucky that i am in a room full of unicorns, a room full of people who are concerned with issues of equity and justice and diversity and inclusion, and ive got to say there arent very many rooms like this. There arent very many colleges of education like the one that don mentioned earlier please tell me your last name dr. Williams mentioned earlier today, which makes me feel like i have to step my game up and get a whole intro video for myself. [
Dr. Atkins talked a lot about what we ought to think about doing as we are leading in an immediate crisis, something calling for our attention in the here and now. I think i want to talk about what it means to prevent a crisis, or more accurately, to lead in a way that intervenes in an ongoing crisis. I want to talk specifically about the school to prison pipeline. Have you heard the phrase . You would be surprised at how many rooms i have gone into the, and it is a completely new experience to hear about the school to prison pipeline, but i am lucky that i am in a room full of unicorns, a room full of people who are concerned with issues of equity and justice and diversity and inclusion, and ive got to say there arent very many rooms like this. There arent very many colleges of education like the one that don mentioned earlier please tell me your last name dr. Williams mentioned earlier today, which makes me feel like i have to step my game up and get a whole intro video for myself. [
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