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I must confess warning bells went off when I read about the Pleasanton school district decision to contract with a consultant to “identify and address equity gaps among students, including any problematic policies and practices that contribute to systemic racism, microaggressions and student marginalization,” as Julia Baum reported for the Pleasanton Weekly. Those buzz words […]

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