●the current most pressing issues informing/and shaping social justice educationand why we should be concerned about it

2 significant post)write one or two paragraphs (200 words max) on the topic”What do you think is the purpose of public education?”This is your initialresponse and should be based on your own experience.Your views maychange over time.3 significant post)Is there a role for School Choicein the public educationsystem?How has COVID 19 had an impact on the role and purposeof schooling in society?In the past 6 months, parents have had more of a sharedresponsibility for the educationof their children, how might this impact the futureof public education?Given the current socio/political context, will thisfoster more or less choice in alternativeforms of schooling?Do you anticipate the role of private service providerswill create a third space/tier in theeducation/schooling marketplace, if so, what are theimplications for the future of publiceducation?4 significant post)Anti-racism educationQuestions for consideration➔Who can teach anti-racist education?➔Should anti-racist pedagogy be a mandatory part ofall teacher training?➔Who is best suited to train teachers to teach antiracist education.➔Safe spaces for learning is considered vital to anti-racisteducation, particularlywith storytelling—what stories to tell, who’s tellingthose stories, and why we tellthem. These spaces can be sites of contention anddiscomfort. How can safe spacesbe established, Can there be safe spaces for divergentand oppositional voices toexist?➔Why is Whiteness or White Privilege critical to anti-racisteducation? Is there aplace for White Bodies in anti-racist education?USE ARTICLESSolomona, R.,. Portelli, J., Daniel, B., & Campbell,A. (2005) The discourse of denial:how white teacher candidates construct race, racismand ‘white privilege’,RaceEthnicity and Education, 8(2): 147-169.

http://john-peter-portelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-discourse-of-denial.pdf(Links to an external site.)McIntosh, P. (1990) White privilege: unpacking theinvisible knapsack, IndependentSchool, Winter, 31–36.https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf