Concerned writer facilitating conversations about improving the state of education in the United States.
Joined January 2011
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New #proposal would have #Philadelphia #public #schools start before #LaborDay, & end early #June. bit.ly/2gak5oK #Calendar
#School #Reform Commission considers adopting earlier school #calendar for #Philadelphia #students. bit.ly/2gak5oK #education
...little is known about #PresidentElectTrump's #education plan for nation's 55 million #students in k-12th #grade. bit.ly/2fWV7YB
#NYC #students protest @realDonaldTrump and his positions on #deportation, #gayrights, & #education #funding. bit.ly/2ggbsbx
Board of #Education redraws #attendance zones to encourage #integration of #NYC #public #schools. bit.ly/2fVlJHk #Segregation
#JHS #students become #globalcitizens, #studying #humanrights & #equality as participants in #UnitedNations #program bit.ly/2fTWkjg
#Middleschool #students learn about #humanrights & #equality through #UnitedNations junior #ambassadorprogram. bit.ly/2fTWkjg
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Most undercovered story of 2016: today is 1st presidential election in 50 years without full protections of Voting Rights Act
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Grief, anger & protest are fine, but reactive. Strategic organizing demands we listen, speak out & fight. You'll feel better too, I promise.
#NYC's @EmpireStateBldg to be lit in "#Scarlet" to honor the #250th #anniversary of #NJ's @RutgersU. bit.ly/2eVM2vw
Chancellor #Farina describes plan to remedy persisting #segregation at #NYC #schools, as critical step to #equity. nydn.us/2eVE05L
#Education Department proposes new rezoning plan to ease #overcrowding & improve #diversity at #NYC #schools. nydn.us/2eVE05L
#Education proposal introduced by #NJ @GovChristie would strip #Newark #schools of up to 69% of their #budget. bit.ly/2fjLJvL
While #students with #disabilities are only 20% of #school body, they make up more than 38% of #NYC #suspensions. bit.ly/2eUBdwn
Despite 38,000 fewer #suspensions in #NYC #schools last year, #Black #students still suspended at #higher #rates. bit.ly/2eUBdwn
Of the 212,000 #specialneeds #students in #NYC #schools, many either wait for or don't receive #education #services. bit.ly/2f3Czmc
Report identifies roughly 58,000 of #NYC's #specialneeds #students as receiving only partial #education #services. bit.ly/2f3Czmc
Despite recommendations for #IEP's, nearly 14,000 of #NYC's #specialneeds #students do not receive any #services. bit.ly/2f3Czmc
