Maria Worthen
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๐ Policy wonk on a mission for equity and racial justice in K-12 education. ๐ต Join the Education Policy club. Backchannel chat โก๏ธ ch.chat #7576 ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป Education Policy Strategies - Founder & Principal Consultant What I do: I help purpose-driven educational organizations, government agencies, and policy advocates make sense of a complex national K-12 education policy landscape, strengthening child and youth well-being with innovative, collaborative policy solutions at federal and state levels. ๐ซ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ Questions about your local school board, state education laws, or federal education policy? Iโd love to help you find your voice as an advocate. Formerly: ๐ฉโ๐ซ Preschool teacher ๐บ๐ธ US Department of Education ๐ US Senate HELP Committee ๐ Aurora Institute ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ BA, Smith College; MSW, Washington University-St Louis ๐ค Be an inclusive CH citizen: Speak clearly, minimize background noise, and state your name when you start and finish speaking. Anti-Blackness, ableism, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny are real on CH; please be mindful of this and try to do better by listening more than you talk and holding space for marginalized viewpoints. ๐ฅ Looking to connect with educators and educational leaders, policy and government relations professionals, policymakers, interfaith families, people who will make me laugh, and other women/NBs who are unapologetically themselves. ๐ ๐ ๐ถ โก๏ธ Mamma to a human and two cats, Buy Nothing Project enthusiast, salsa dancer, concert-goer, political junkie, progressive Jew. ๐ฃ fluently: ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐น | badly: ๐ซ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ www.educationpolicystrategies.net โฌ๏ธ Follow the Education Policy club for authentic and meaningful conversations on timely and persistent issues in education.