09/15/2025
In May, my work bestie and I won an award for implementation excellence for implementing an early warning system, Indicators of Distress. I specifically used it to connect schools to resources to improve their programming for students with disabilities and emerging multilingual learners. This process strengthened my relationships with school leaders and city agency partners. Leveraging policy to serve the leaders of nonprofit local education agencies. We’re seeing the fruits of this labor. Also this was a great night. And I got to wear a nice dress. Ya gotta find joy when and where you can
12/20/2024
Michele L. Gray, Senior Manager, Equity and Access, DC Public Charter School Board,
suggested that “[t]he answer is to make sure there’s parity in funding to make sure that every student, regardless of whether they have a disability or not, regardless of whether they are designated at risk or not, has a quality…teacher who is supported by quality professional development with high quality materials. And that should be across the board. And what I have seen is that there is no parity in funding in [regards] to school quality and improvement between overall school improvement and the quality of special education programming.”
Check out the 16 findings from the Advisory Committee to the US Commission of Civil rights which includes my testimony along with professionals, families, and other stakeholders regarding special education programs and services.
