THE WEEKLY
Weekly news and more from the Washington State Board of Education
August 16 | Issue 1
Looking beyond and Talking Within: a glimpse into our journey
For the past year, the State Board of Education (SBE) has focused on educational equity and social-emotional learning. We believe our work should be informed by looking at our policies through various lenses. We need to understand the issues and barriers from multiple viewpoints while being able to talk openly. To that end, members of the SBE gathered in May to discuss books we had read related to our areas of focus. Harium and I read  The New Jim Crow , by Michelle Alexander. Read more: Looking Beyond .
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