Open Letter to US Secretary of Education-Designate & Biden/Harris Education Transition Team
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“Open Letter to the Secretary of Education Designate:  A Focus on Equity, Opportunity & Justice This is an open letter with several specific recommendations to the Biden/Harris Education Transition Team and the incoming Secretary of Education-designate. We are a coalition of American Indian, Asian American, African American / Black, Latinx and White Americans, who live […]