Defensiveness: give yourself a break and apologize for real
Even good people need to work on healthy apologies and overcoming defensiveness. Alex Kestrel offers some tips In his new “Starting With You” column on self-investment.
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Category: Education
Race, gender and religion? Or ego, pride and control? Real-life intersectionality in Grinnell
GRINNELL, IA — The straight white male history teacher could not have been more repentant....
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Front-lines teacher raised in Iowa remembers few childhood chances to meet, know People of Color
At a time when straight white men are leading so many fights against diversity, some straight...
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Burst of events provides intersectional end to Black History Month
St. Louis is filled with nationally significant Black History: it’s where Dred Scott and his...
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Social justice pioneer Kesho Scott resumes outreach to small Iowa communities
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s been eight months since George Floyd’s death triggered nationwide...
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Final drive in Iowa City for school supplies and masks Sunday
IOWA CITY — Looking for a way to support Iowa’s school kids during these trying...
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Return to COVID-shaped school year swells the “mental load” of parents, caretakers
Around the dark cloud of this pandemic has been this big silver lining: my “mental load”...
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Next stop, Washington: Kesho Scott brings anti-racism memorials to small Iowa towns
WASHINGTON — Dr. Kesho Scott started bringing George Floyd memorials to her central Iowa...
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Home-schooling: tips from a parent who started a year ago
Interest in home-schooling has blown up during the coronavirus crisis, as an increasing number of...
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To step into your writer self, read your own story
I constantly have conversations with people who commend me for being a writer and within the same...
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