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Posts by Dr. Janice WR
“Reengagement rarely happens through discipline or pressure alone. Rather, it happens by building systems that combine high expectations with consistent support.”
—Dr. Janice Wyatt-Ross, on how to support students facing disengagement or trauma
#SchoolLeaders #EduSky
What is one thing you have in your home that other people might consider a luxury?
This school year I don’t know which group is causing me the most anxiety- students or teachers/adults
Abstract Faces
Black educators have always done more than teach. We carry history, culture, and responsibility in systems not built for us.
This BHM, I am highlighting Black educators making history right now. In classrooms. In schools. In communities.
If you are a Black educator, your work matters. We see you.
Cold Case 😂
This is NICE!!!
My mother got sick in January 2024
Work environment turned toxic
I left my position in March
Different position in July
Mother died in November
Bought a house in May of 2025
Professionally I am lost. My passion is gone and I am just going through the motions. I don’t like this feeling.
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A student was in my office while I made a phone call regarding my deceased mother’s affairs. When the called ended she said “Oh you are Grown grown. Im just baby grown right now.”
Yep baby girl you are not grown yet.
This is what I can’t wrap my brain around.
The Trump administration has just announced an alarming new attack on Black college students. Effective immediately, all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal.
3. The saying also critiques how mainstream media often distorts or ignores movements for justice and equality. True transformation, it suggests, happens on the ground, through personal action and collective struggle, not through what you see on television.
2. The phrase means that real change, or true revolution, happens internally and within communities—it won’t be packaged, broadcast, or commercialized for mass consumption. It emphasizes that meaningful social change requires active participation, not passive observation through the media.
1. The phrase "The revolution will not be televised" comes from a 1970 poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron, a prominent figure in the Black Arts Movement. It has since become a powerful cultural expression.
@phonisha.bsky.social GM! May I please be added to #blackedusky ?
Instead of complaining about your “difficult” students try speaking life to them. Tell them one thing each week that you appreciate about them. Watch how your relationship will change.
Question of the day while I was eavesdrop in the girls bathroom, “Do you like your mom?” The reply was “Well, we don’t really get along.”
The storm came and caught us off guard. We were out for winter break and no one predicted that far in advance. We had no time to plan for get devices home to students before the storm.