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Karen in the Classroom: Casting Out Educational Racism

Lasha Pierce MD

Jul 26, 2020
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Karen in the Classroom: Casting Out Educational Racism

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Lasha Pierce MD

Feb 28, 2020
3 min

Financing Equity in Education

History, Her-story and Our-story are in continual evolution. What happened just moments ago is now history. In tribute to the collective ...

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Lasha Pierce MD

Aug 26, 2018
1 min

Junior Art Auction

Join the Academy For Restorative Education (AFRE) in celebrating and supporting the bay area youth art scene. Artists ranging from 14 yea...

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What a Student Looks Like- The role of Bias in the Media

Lasha Pierce MD

Jul 17, 2018
2 min

What a Student Looks Like- The role of Bias in the Media

As we gear up to start the premier school in the Bay Area (SILE school) and continue to spread knowledge of restorative education thru AF...

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The Road to Engagement Starts with Trust

Lasha Pierce MD

Jun 12, 2018
2 min

The Road to Engagement Starts with Trust

Learning is not passive. Learning is active. Students learn more if they can talk about what they are learning, write about it, sing abou...

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Best Practices for African American learning styles-
How Representation Matters

Lasha Pierce MD

Jun 5, 2018
3 min

Best Practices for African American learning styles- How Representation Matters

One of the premises of restorative learning is that educational practices should be gauged not only by the skills and knowledge they impa...

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Independent Black Schools in the BayArea- History and Legacy

Lasha Pierce MD

May 1, 2018
3 min

Independent Black Schools in the BayArea- History and Legacy

Oakland and the surrounding Bay Area has a rich history of political activism and specifically a deep involvement in the movement for Ind...

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Rescuing our Children From the Cliff- A case study

Lasha Pierce MD

Apr 23, 2018
4 min

Rescuing our Children From the Cliff- A case study

KP is eight years old. He is a precocious, inquisitive and highly curious boy, who is a rapid learner with an excellent memory, has advan...

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Lasha Pierce MD

Apr 13, 2018
2 min

Bringing Up Bias- The Big Blue Elephant

Schools are microcosms of the broader society. There is plenty of research in the social sciences that describe implicit bias against mem...

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Lasha Pierce MD

Apr 7, 2018
2 min

What's Tutoring Got To Do With It!

The tutoring gap among African American students is a cousin to the achievement gap. The issue is not just that access to academic tutori...

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Exploring the Research- Creating a Narrative and Driving Research in
Restorative Education

Lasha Pierce MD

Mar 27, 2018
2 min

Exploring the Research- Creating a Narrative and Driving Research in Restorative Education

Restorative Education is the idea that helping students to identify and describe past negative experiences around education (especially d...

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School of Innovation, Leadership and Efficacy (SILE- pronounced See-Lay)

Lasha Pierce MD

Mar 6, 2018
2 min

School of Innovation, Leadership and Efficacy (SILE- pronounced See-Lay)

Wondering what you can do to further the cause of Restorative Education? If you live in the Oakland Bay Area in Northern California, you w...

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Dissecting Institutional Racism- Restoring Educational Justice

Lasha Pierce MD

Feb 19, 2018
4 min

Dissecting Institutional Racism- Restoring Educational Justice

Institutional racism occurs throughout society and our schools. It can happen at the classroom, administrative and school district levels...

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Restorative Education: The Case for Stopping the Madness in Education

Lasha Pierce MD

Feb 12, 2018
4 min

Restorative Education: The Case for Stopping the Madness in Education

Education is one of those flagship social issues in any society, like poverty or healthcare. The topic of education is especially loaded ...

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