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Locally Produced BLM Curriculum: Online Event
Join educators on Jan. 21 for a presentation of Black Lives Matter curriculum. BTU and TDP invite all educators to select from the presentation or to teach your own lessons during the BLM Week of Action in Education (Feb. 1-5).
We Can’t Let Parents and Teachers Be Pitted Against Each Other In Debate Over School Reopenings by @JenRoesch link.medium.com/YEuNSJt3T7
This article looks at the tensions around reopening and paints the big picture of school reopening in the US
5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond kqed.org/mindshift/56118/5-r… Interesting ideas for adapting school and learning from what we have experienced this Spring.
Nation's Pediatricians: Get Kids Back in Class This Fall blogs.edweek.org/edweek/insi… via @educationweek
Interesting survey results about how teachers feel about reopening and what worked during shutdown.
Survey: COVID-19 Masks for Teachers, But Not Kids; Student Engagement Drops disq.us/t/3pzcfd2
mdeconomy.org/wp-content/upl… "Maryland’s experiences and choices in the aftermath of the 2008–2009 Great Recession should inform our response to the current crisis and motivate policymakers to make better decisions this time around"
Unions: Hogan administration seeking layoffs, pay cuts for state workers to address economic impact of COVID-19 baltimoresun.com/politics/bs…
Maryland budget cuts must not harm vulnerable residents | COMMENTARY baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-…
mdeconomy.org/recession-budg… This is a good analysis of the terrible impact of budget cuts during the Great Recession. Gov Hogan's new cuts will do more of the same. #stopthehogancuts
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Meanwhile, Gov. Hogan announced cuts that will disproportionately harm those struggling the most.
Balancing the budget on the backs of the poor isn't just cruel--it will also slow our recovery. We should tax large corporations and the wealthiest few. xitter.cf/mdeconomy/status/12765…
.@GovLarryHogan proposed $1.5 billion in state budget cuts today that would affect every aspect of public services. About $670 million could be voted on in just a few days, at the Board of Public Works July 1. bpw.maryland.gov/MeetingDocs…
VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE THE CUTS THAT HOGAN is proposing.
Yesterday MDCEP and 18 other Maryland organizations representing many different sectors endorsed this joint statement responding to @GovLarryHogan's budget proposals. Full statement: mdeconomy.org/19-maryland-or…
Michigan Republicans Attempt to Get Out Ahead in Back-to-School Policy teacherinastrangeland.blog/2… via @nancyflanagan
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I just published A Conversation in 2020 with James Baldwin’s ‘Letter from a Region in My Mind’ link.medium.com/ZYvhNMLcy7
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Teachers, administrators and parents/guardians, have your states or providences issued school reopening guidelines for fall? If so, provide a link to the guidelines in the comments. Please retweet so we can get as many responses as possible. #schoolreopening #schoolsreopening
Just wondering how many parents, teachers, and students agree with this post about the psychological harm of mask wearing and strict social distancing?
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Learning from other countries about #schoolreopening
I don't think they want this? #schoolreopening independent.co.uk/news/world…
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Black students in Maryland school systems are suspended at a higher rate than all other races, data show. bit.ly/2VbsN8e
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Yesterday, I stood with @TDPBaltimore Parent Power group to encourage business leaders, elected officials and citizens to help close the digital divide that prevents children from learning during this critical time of distance learning.
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