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Going for Woke in Ames, Iowa

October 21, 2021 in DEI & Merit at Ames Community School District (IA)

Early February 2021 saw new activism in America’s K-12 schools with “Black Lives Matter at Schools,” a new national movement, rolling out at schools across the country.

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