RT @JamesMartinSJ: The new mural in the narthex of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York is stunning. Beautiful in design, execution and, most…
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If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.
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I really wish rich, out-of-touch folks who nothing about education would just stop. 1) Read the fine print. THIS IS A GOVT VOUCHER PROGRAM. Voucher programs have not been shown to improve results for poor Black children because most cannot get into high-quality private schools. 2) Read the fine print. All of the money is coming from taxpayers, ie. the government. Roc Nation is not funding this, it is just launching an educational campaign that maybe it is being paid to do. I'm researching. But certainly, it's involvement is to convince poor Black parents to leave the public schools. 3) What do you think that $300 million could do for improving those low-performing public schools? 4) It is a lie that these programs do not take from public-school funding. Fewer kids in the classroom means fewer dollars to the school. 5) This is a windfall to the city's private schools at the expense of the public ones that most kids attend.
Jay-Z's Roc Nation will spearhead an educational campaign in Philadelphia that helps students K-12 from low-income households secure about $300 million in scholarships to attend the city's private schools.
Events will be held by Roc Nation to bring awareness to Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS)—Senate Bill 757—legislation helping to increase education opportunities for underprivileged youth in lowest-performing public schools.
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Kansas City Star Editorial Board:
"Republicans, our democracy depends on your willingness to read the Trump indictment"
kansascity.com/opinion/edito…
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"One of the freedoms that the Nazis crushed was the freedom to read the books that they banned”.
100 year old lays it down on Florida book banning.
You tell ‘em Ms Grace Linn!
100-Year-Old Widow of WWII Veteran Speaks Out Against Book Banning
‘Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control’ — The 100-year-old widow of a WWII veteran compared her Florida county’s efforts to ban certain books to Nazi Germany
I’m not surprised @NifMuhammad made this list. Buy and read A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance! (and all this man’s other blessings too) Beautiful. You won’t be disappointed.
Some of my favorite words from the immortal Lawrence Ferlinghetti — rest well. poetryfoundation.org/poems/4…
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Comp Sci High: A Year of Hardship and Innovation - mailchi.mp/952fbb11e165/comp…
"For students and their teachers, the quest is to balance the need to understand a pervasively unjust system and the need to nurture an awareness of agency"
An important push to all educators from @ClintSmithIII theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Looking at Black voters in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, it's striking that people who have been treated the worst by our democracy consistently do the most to save it.
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It is normal.
It is expected.
It is LEGAL to keep counting votes after tonight.
That is fact, not an opinion and not partisan.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Some of the most popular sites for covid testing in NYC have delays of 10-14 days for results.
But there are under-used sites which are much faster, including:
* NYC’s 11 public hospitals (e.g. Harlem Hospital, Metropolitan, Bellevue)
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This story about NYC's 114,000 homeless children alarmed so many people when it came out last year.
It feels like these kids have begun to disappear from our debate about school reopening. Why?
nytimes.com/interactive/2019…
Nobody learns from passively listening on Zoom. slate.com/technology/2020/07…

















