In this week's episode, Ilene shares her thoughts about Teacher Appreciation and how important it is to appreciate them all year long and not just one day or week per year. She also discusses systemic change that includes teacher voices and the need to look deeper at problems we need to solve and to do that as soon as possible. 

Sources for additional information:

The origin of American Teacher Appreciation Week [https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/history-behind-teacher-appreciation-week/]

Washington Post article [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/03/its-teacher-appreciation-week-why-some-teachers-dont-exactly-appreciate-it/]

World Teacher Day [https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldteachersday]

Critical Race Theory ( [https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05]CRT)