Why I’ve told my principal I will not teach the new proposed English curriculum 'If the ministry is unable to provide us with something fit for purpose, it is not my job to compound the harm it will cause to my students, but to protect them from it.'

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Got my "Other People's Children" signed and pic with Lisa Delpit!! So excited :) #teacherasactivist

Seriously, Lisa Delpit has books on books on BOOKS. So indebted to her. #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- if you have the parents you'll be unstoppable. #teacherasactivist

Real talk- why ask for Qs on Twitter when they won't be answered on panel? #justsaying We have the answers, prob though? #teacherasactivist

Btw it's interesting tht @chrisemdin doesnt want to tear house down but take it over. Something I've been mulling over... #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- heard once, I can't heal you unless I know you. I learned- I can't TEACH you unless I know you. #teacherasactivist

@AngryTeachr would love to hear thoughts on current ed system & systemic issues really happening to us teachers on ground #teacherasactivist

Also, we didn't talk much systematic issues in education. that happens when you got educators of color dropping knowledge #teacherasactivist

I agree- we need to reimagine education that engages our communities. Can't change the world on school level alone. #teacherasactivist

How do we be activists in a privatized education world that is pushing teachers of color out systematically? #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit-that's why we need diversity. We can't have one perspective. No one can. They will die. #teacherasactivist

BTW, word "EXCELLENCE" was ruined for me by privatization of ed- Charter excellence this, common core excellence that -_- #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- Ppl didn't have model of excellence-it's there. Pentecostal music, rap- part of culture that's kept us going #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- Teachers sometimes tell me, I can't do that. But you can do things while being yourself (paraphrasing) #teacherasactivist

I'm frankly surprised I'm not burnt out/left teaching. Makes me emotional 2kno how much teachers go thru on day2day basis #teacherasactivist

I realize over time how jaded I've becum in urban school systems. Still gotta fight for joy & passion in my classroom tho #teacherasactivist

Most teachers don't hurt kids through physical practices. #teacherasactivist

Don't trust the Waiting For Superman hype. So problematic. #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- lost so many black teachers, so many black administrators because they were replaced by white administrators #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- notion of desegregation was move best black teachers into white schools, white teachers into black schools #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit- In whose benefit is it 4 black kids not 2learn? #teacherasactivist Teaching well is subverting systm, want u to understand tht.

Brittany-Why do we feel we (black people) have to work twice as hard? Lisa Delpit-Because it's TRUE! #teacherasactivist

Chris Emdin and Lisa Delpit dropping so much knowledge. They're the models of black educator excellence!! #teacherasactivist

We can't just look at curriculum. Kids being marginalized. Lisa Delpit #teacherasactivist

In order to be in school, have to come around the hillside-metaphor for black kids learning in our ed systm. -Lisa Delpit #teacherasactivist

Lisa Delpit - I taught in integrated settings, it wasn't benefiting black kids- benefiting middle class white kids tho #teacherasactivist

Chris Emdin- honored to be on panel with OG education activist Lisa Delpit! Tweeting #teacherasactivist @chrisemdin @LisaDelpit