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@tultican And you don’t even know if you’ll get college credit when you take an AP class.
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It's not working everywhere. Ex. Kiel, WI, which was cited in that bad NYT article on education, just rejected their superintendent and far right school board members. https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2023/01/31/kiel-residents-rebuke-far-right-school-board-members/69848066007/
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@AlliFlowers: Agree, and it's working. Once the right saw the success of the culture war approach with Youngkin in VA, they kicked into gear. What seems new are the active legislative tools for attacking individual educators with punitive damages or even 'felonies', similar to attacks on health care professionals for care. The climate of generalized fear will have much more impact than curriculum reforms, assessments, merit pay. Oh, and vouchers. We're sleepwalking into it.
@elyseea It just makes me want to grab the public by their collective collars and shake them!
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The US promised the Cherokee Nation a seat in Congress in a treaty that fueled the Trail of Tears. 188 years later, the Cherokee say lawmakers may finally fulfill that promise.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-188-year-old-treaty-seat-cherokee-nation-delegate-congress-2023-1
@elyseea It’s always been about destroying public education.
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Florida is creating the playbook on education for at least half the country. Now, TFG has revealed his education plan, and he’s clearly going beyond even Florida. This is a deeply disturbing movement that more closely aligns with the Soviet Union or Germany under fascism. Yet, it’s getting a strong positive response in places. I don’t think educators or the opposition in general have figured out an effective alternative rhetoric. This is about dismantling education
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/26/trump-unveils-education-policy-culture-war-00079784
@Ronnie Let that someone out!
@WuMargaret I understand completely! I lived in Taiwan from 1971-1973 and learned to cook while there. It’s something I enjoy immensely.
Food - curry, rice
@yassie_j @LibertyForward1 After hearing that I spent my first few years in England, people often ask me what my favorite English food is. Vindaloo. Vindaloo is my favorite English dish.
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.@VP and I sat down with leaders from the Congressional Black Caucus to continue on our commitment to reform policing in America.
Real change will only come with action.
Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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Morning! Florida Republicans are in gaslighting mode, denying the book-banning. In reality, at least one county already is forming a volunteer police force to round up books they deem "woke." One book they hate? Michelle Obama's memoir. https://www.salon.com/2023/02/03/call-the-woke-busters-ron-desantis-sends-volunteer-army-to-snatch-books-from-students-hands/
Spy balloon saga comes to an end.
@AFP I thought the right disliked immigrants?
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In America, we claim to care about our children and their future. But without standing behind our educators, our actions do not back up our words.
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@flexghost @LibertyForward1 Not at all surprising. When I taught high school, parents rarely threatened, this just acted. I recall the parent who dove across the conference table to try to put hands on a teacher. Fortunately, she was slow. Just a typical day in K-12.
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China balloon: US going to take care of it, says Joe Biden https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64524105
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman Calls on Gov. Kathy Hochul to Stop Increasing Charter Schools https://dianeravitch.net/2023/02/04/rep-jamaal-bowman-calls-on-gov-kathy-hochul-to-stop-increasing-charter-schools/ via @dianeravitch #Education #Politics
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