Abstract

Scholars who have focused on the history of school social work have addressed different points in time when the profession has faced challenges such as contracted funding for social services, school violence, and corporate or neoliberal reform efforts that have exasperated inequities for minoritized and low-income students (Phillippo & Blosser, 2013; Ravitch, 2010; Villarreal Sosa et al., 2017). During my tenure as Editor-in-Chief, school social work practitioners and scholars faced another moment of reckoning and crisis. I assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief during the Trump presidency and its aftermath, with a national climate of increased and unleashed xenophobia, racism, white supremacy, and policies that violated human rights of children. During this time, the nation lived through widespread protests in support of Black lives and challenged the racialized police violence and murders of Black men and women. Educators and school social workers have continued to face the...

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