Meeting the Moment: How Thoughts Cost Can Help Washington Districts Solve Special Education and Inclusion Gaps

Washington school districts are navigating deep special education funding gaps, staffing shortages, and the complex transition to more inclusive practices. From Seattle to Spokane, districts are reimagining services and calling for state support, yet they also need practical tools that ease workloads and strengthen family partnerships. Thought Cost offers co-planning supports, progress monitoring, and bilingual-ready communication systems to help districts deliver on equity and inclusion, student by student.

Stress, Hostility, Depression, Hopelessness, and Job control

If your curriculum doesn't address these five areas, it does not address the psychosocial reality Black boys and men face. Whether they acknowledge it or not. To address some of these areas, you need more than a teacher. You need more than a therapist. You need an environment free from the constraints that traditional schooling … Continue reading Stress, Hostility, Depression, Hopelessness, and Job control →

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Basketball is gradually turning into baseball

Still, no one addressed that he is saying you don't have to look in the United States for players anymore. Of course, most players are still African-American, but who knows what that will look like in another 50 years. Look at draft picks over the last 20 years, search where the NBA invests in scouting, and follow the money.

Think about how many industries Black people were prevalent in at one point, and remember what happened when those jobs started being outsourced overseas.

Observations from my sons first AAU tournament.

My oldest child is 15, and he played in his first AAU basketball tournament this weekend. It was fantastic to watch him play and see areas in which he can improve. More than that, it was cool to just watch him and my nephew play. I watched some of the best talents in Seattle play, … Continue reading Observations from my sons first AAU tournament. →

We demand change!

We want to connect equity to every component of Education. That only happens if we are willing to eliminate ineffective support strategies our children receive and build the elements necessary to create a positive, systematic approach to equitable Education for all students.

Thoughts Processed: Special Education – Social & Emotional Learning

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Discussing Special Education and the need to change how we approach Social & Emotional Learning.

No license, no job?

Drivers License requirement, possible deterrent for Black men? When you apply for a paraeducator or teacher position with the Seattle School district, you may notice that one of the job requirements listed is a valid drivers license. For some Black men, this is not an issue at all, but for others this requirement listed on … Continue reading No license, no job? →