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  1. Sep 2025
    1. ESSA requires states to be more accountable for the achievement of students within their public schools. Its purpose is to provide equitable opportunity for students with diverse backgrounds to include those living in poverty, minorities, special needs, and English language learners.

      This is so important. But is this still being practiced or implied in schools today? Many schools do not have proper funding to keep up with students who are living in poverty, minority, special needs, and English learners.

    2. All members of the school community have the right to due process with the purpose of providing a fair trial.

      I think this statement is huge, especially with all the Ice raids happening, specifically at schools and with all the hatred towards immigrants and LGBTQ+ community, BLM, and everything in between and beyond. Many people are not getting the right of due process in the U.S and I think everyone should understand what Due Process is.

    3. Always consider that you must treat all students equitably, not necessarily equally.

      Like the example above, with calling on the shy student rather than the dominate one, can be seen as treating them differently. However it can also be seen as trying to get the shy student to speak up/out because that is a good life lesson to learn as you grow. And it teaches the more dominate student, that just because you know the answer does not mean you will always be rewarded for it.

    4. It helps with what you should do. It does not provide specific directions on what to do or even how to do it.

      This is gold to me. Every student learns different and takes in info at their own speed. Every teacher has a different way of teacher things, even if following a curriculum or Code of Ethics.

    5. Consider how each decision that this teacher makes impacts the functioning of the school, the well-being of the students, and the personal goals of the teacher in pursuit of the profession of teaching and supporting student learning.

      I think that this makes use think that the decisions teachers make affect both the student and the teacher in several ways. And can support or possibly diminish what we are teaching and what is being learned.