Press & Updates

Prior to joining SELF, A’Seret designed and taught a multi-age behavior resource room to support students with emotional disorders. On average, her students increased their GPAs from 0.8 to 2.3 points and achieved 91% of their academic, behavior, and social IEP goals. We’re pleased to share notes from a conversation with Aqua and A’Seret [...]

Why this topic? Why now? Whether we like it or not, we’ve all been forced to deal with remote work in the education sector. As a leader, how will you disrupt bias in your current recruitment and selection process while remaining competitive in a virtual hiring environment? In our work together leading anti-bias programs and […]

Without intentional strategies to foster a sense of belonging, diverse-by-design schools run the risk of reproducing inequities we see in society — communities pushed to the margins in favor of the dominant group. Educators recognize that schools must meet the universal human need of feeling valued and respected. Yet more than 40% of [...]

Words matter; what we say and how we say them carries weight.  We say we condemn the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many more to count. When we condemn institutional violence that harms Black and brown people, are we saying everything we need to?  When we say that […]

[This is the second part in a two part series on our team coming to grips with the implication of COVID-19 for two impacted communities. See first post here.] This is happening right now: An Asian Woman in New York had acid thrown on her.  She now has chemical burns on her face and body.  Law […]

[This is the first part in a two part series on our team coming to grips with the implication of COVID-19 for two impacted communities.] Scary times surround us. News of friends and family, of colleagues and partners, or supporters and contacts can bring on anxiety, grief, anger, and fear.Over the past couple of days […]