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BLM, distance learning, social media and k-12/k-16 education

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COVID-19 COLLABORATION CALL: PROJECT REFLECTIONS & DIRECTIONS

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As COVID-19 has continued to unfold, what research questions have you come to see as especially important? How have you imagined working on them? Would you appreciate collaborators?

I continue to be overwhelmed by how the COVID-19 public health crisis has exposed the fissures and weaknesses at intersecting levels of daily life. I have been focusing on K-12 and K-16 education in the US context and the impact distance learning in conjunction with the Black Lives Movement has had on schooling. For example at the end of Spring quarter the final week of undergraduate classes became explicitly "teach-ins." An attempt to democratize the zoom classroom/platform by passing hosting duties instead of the microphone around as multiple students asked and answered questions about the BLM movement in Los Angeles.

This summer multiple Canadian and the US private and public colleges and high schools have been challenged by instagram accounts often named, "blackat<<insert college/school>>" or "Dear_<<insert college/school>>" (ex: blackatsidwellfriends and dear_poly" which allow the anonomous reporting by BIPOC students of their experiences in classrooms and on campuses. These instagram accounts are then claimed to be "safe spaces" for BIPOC students and any pushback or critique is immediately labeled as attempts at gaslighting.

I am interested in the seeming cascading effect of COVID19 on education especially on student social activism, disciplining and resistance. A recent podcast by the Guardian about racism in British schools (https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/jul/23/the-shocking-truth-o…) seems to suggest that both in practices and in reporting what is happening within instagram has resonance beyond North American schools.

I am always interested in collaborating. I especially need more practice in collaborative writing.

Sept+ collaboration calls

ntanio

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If you are interested in participating in (Zoom) Collaboration Calls, will Fridays, 6am PT work for you? Should calls be monthly, or twice a month? Other suggestions?

Fridays at 6am PT can work, but then I would prefer 2x month versus weekly 6am meetings.

digital collections

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Are you interested in building digital collections of material related to your research interests, potentially inviting others in the group to look at them with you? What digital collections have you started or envis

One smaller project, which I think is manageable for the upcoming PECE party, is to trace the history of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) police department known as the Los Angeles School Police Dept. (LASPD) through a timeline project. There have been growing attempts to defund the LASPD in favor of programs that focus on student's physical and mental health. These efforts have failed thus far, yet it is an issue that continue to come before school board meetings.