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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 11/06/2025
SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun Rep. Jim Clyburn launched his latest effort one week from the 10-year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel massacre scdailygazette.com/2025/06/10/s... by @schornobroff.bsky.social
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SC congressman again proposes closing 'loophole' that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun • SC Daily Gazette
Rep. Jim Clyburn announced his latest attempt to close the so-called loophole that allowed the Mother Emanuel shooter to buy his gun.
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Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
@professorjvh.bsky.social in Public Voices for Public Schools - A Tie at the Top: Why the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split on Religious Charter Schools Still Spells Trouble for Public Education pv4ps.org/a-tie-at-t... @americansunited.bsky.social
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A Tie at the Top: Why the Supreme Court’s 4-4 Split on Religious Charter Schools Still Spells Trouble for Public Education - Public Voices For Public Schools
The question at hand is simple yet profound: Can a religious institution operate a publicly funded charter school?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on charges of ‘forcibly impeding’ immigration officers at New Jersey detention facility.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Nearly two centuries after the university commissioned racist scientific images of Renty and Delia, their portraits are finally being returned where they belong. 13thandsouth.com/back-to-the-...
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Back to the South: Harvard Settles Lawsuit Over Enslaved Images
After nearly two centuries and a legal battle years in the making, images of enslaved ancestors from South Carolina are finally coming home. On May 28th, Harvard University agreed to release the 1850…
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020. #GeorgeFloyd #schoolpolicing wordinblack.com/2025/05/post...
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The Truth About School Policing
Despite post-George Floyd promises to prioritize student wellness and care, Black kids face more policing than in 2020.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I usually don’t write on Sundays, but as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, the South also reckons with Black lives lost and justice undone after the DOJ abandoned the very reforms promised in their names. #GeorgeFloyd #Reform 13thandsouth.com/we-carry-the...
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We Carry Them Still: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the South’s Reckoning With Reform
On May 25, 2020, the world watched as George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street beneath the knee of a police officer, who held his neck to the pavement for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. That…
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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Fresh words✨ allyfromnola.medium.com/why-popular-...
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Why Popular Banks Accepted Enslaved People as Collateral
When profits were prioritized over human rights
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
With up to $880 billion in cuts recently approved in the House, advocates warn that the threat to Medicaid is greater than ever — and Black families are bracing for what comes next. 13thandsouth.com/stripping-th...
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Stripping the South: How Medicaid Cuts Could Break Black Disabled Families
Although the bill proposing $880 billion in cuts recently stalled in Congress, advocates warn the threat to Medicaid still looms — and…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Naomi Tutu, daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu (and an Episcopal priest herself) fully addresses the lie at the heart of the claim of that white South Africans are “refugees.” Amplify her voice. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | I knew the pain of apartheid. How dare Trump embrace Afrikaners as refugees.
If the Episcopal Church had agreed to resettle South African Boers, then it would have elevated a lie that will affect refugee resettlement for years to come.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Malcolm X Still Scares America —That’s Why Schools Erase Him on Word In Black now. #MalcolmX #Black #Education wordinblack.com/2025/05/malc...
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Malcolm X Still Scares America —That’s Why Schools Erase Him
Not teaching Malcolm X in schools deprives students of the truth — and the tools — to understand themselves and fight injustice.
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Do you need books for your school, a birthday or Christmas presents? Our bulk buy page makes it easy to order complete sets of reading lists & multiple copies for class sets. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/bulk-buy-chi...
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Bulk buy children's books for schools
Do you need to order books for your classroom, school library or child's birthday / Christmas present in bulk? Our bulk order page makes it easy to order complete sets of year group school reading…
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Deanna @deestemteach.blacksky.app · 04/05/2025
Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help! gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
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Donate to Gabriel's journey to Nationals!, organized by Ranel Heard
Hello! My name is Ranel Heard and I am the proud mother of Gabriel Heard. Gabriel is in th… Ranel Heard needs your support for Gabriel's journey to Nationals!
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 17/05/2025
Unapologetic Black art is having a very significant moment right now and someone needs to write about why this is such a powerful AND necessary contrast to the current political moment.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
As flames consumed Nottoway Plantation, the South’s largest antebellum mansion, they set ablaze generations of unfinished reckonings between Black liberation and White nostalgia. #nottoway #louisiana Read more on 13th and South. 13thandsouth.com/the-fire-thi...
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The Fire This Time: On the Burning of the Nottoway Plantation
On May 15, 2025, fire tore through the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana. Once the South’s largest surviving antebellum mansion, this 64-room, 53,000-square-foot landmark held a…
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms. #discipline #education #blackstudents wordinblack.com/2025/05/doub...
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Double Discipline: The New Weight Black Kids Will Carry in Schools
A new federal order pushing schools away from equity in discipline practices will put Black students at a greater risk of being over-policed in classrooms.
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The Washington Informer @washingtoninformer.com · 08/05/2025
New Issue out Today! 📰 Stay informed about the latest happenings in the DMV with this week’s Washington Informer! Grab your copy at newsstands or read it online at WashingtonInformer.com 🌟 #BeInformed #WI60 #PGCounty #DC #Environment #Politics #BreakingNews #Budget2025 #Win60 #MentalHealthMatters
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SC Daily Gazette @scdailygazette.com · 08/05/2025
COMMENTARY from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books being pulled from SC public school libraries... Why is sex so scary to book banners? scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...
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Why is sex so scary to book banners? • SC Daily Gazette
Commentary from Malinda Lo, the author of one of the books the State Board of Education ruled must be pulled from K-12 library shelves.
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
One day, we’ll look back in horror at public policies that let religious belief serve as a shield for educational neglect.
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Religious school reprieve from NY education standards to be included in state budget
Yeshivas and private schools would get up to seven more years to comply with education standards.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Just weeks after the Black Minds Matter report found that Black kids in California wouldn't reach reading proficiency until 2070, a lawmaker in the Golden State says she has a solution. Read more on Word In Black now. #literacy #education #naacp wordinblack.com/2025/04/cali...
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California's Bold Plan to Transform Reading Instruction
A new bill backed by the NAACP and educators aims to overhaul how reading is taught before another generation of Black kids is left behind.
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Georgetown CEW @georgetowncew.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Rural America needs more comprehensive counseling services in schools, colleges, and communities to help individuals make decisions about their career pathways. bit.ly/3SJZIxI
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Small Towns, Big Opportunities: Many Workers in Rural Areas Have Good Jobs, but These Areas Need Greater Investment in Education, Training, and Career Counseling - CEW Georgetown
Despite stereotypes of being left behind, rural America offers good jobs, particularly in blue-collar fields.
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Liz Willen @lizhech.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money? Is it worth my time?” hechingerreport.org/a-new-kind-o...
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Alabama high school requirements now allow students to trade chemistry for carpentry
A new Alabama law will allow high school students to replace upper level math and science classes, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry, with career and technical education courses, like cosmetology or arch...
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 09/04/2025
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Trump wrote on social media that he was ordering a "90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.” The specific countries that will receive the tariff rates lowered to 10% is unclear.
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Trump sets 90-day pause on many tariffs, hikes China to 125% • Alabama Reflector
The announcement came just hours after the president posted on social media “BE COOL!” and “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UPDATED REPORT: Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals. The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly. Now at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-bring...
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Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals
UPDATE: The ACLU filed cases in New York and Texas challenging the administration's use of the wartime power for deportations. Judges responded quickly.
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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
More than 60,000 North Carolinians, including members of the armed forces deployed overseas, have 15 business days to make sure their votes counted.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Trump-era investigations are casting doubt on Black achievement. However, educators say the myth of lower standards is not just wrong — but dangerous. wordinblack.com/2025/04/coll...
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College DEI Probes Undermine Black HS Success
Trump-era investigations are casting doubt on Black achievement. However, educators say the myth of lower standards is not just wrong — but dangerous.
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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Top of the morning: @stateline.org is hiring a democracy reporter. I need journalists in Central NC to apply to this so you can work at @statesnewsroom.com HQ and media gossip with me. statesnewsroom.com/staff-openin...
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Stateline Democracy Reporter • States Newsroom
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 04/04/2025
Via @alander.bsky.social: The Alabama Senate Thursday passed a bill expanding the pool of people who can claim a religious exemption from vaccines and allowing them to do so without explanation.
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Alabama Senate passes bill expanding religious exemptions from vaccines • Alabama Reflector
The Alabama Senate passed a bill allowing students or their guardians to claim a religious vaccine exemption without providing an explanation.
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cosnweb.bsky.social @cosnweb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
At #CoSN2025, K-12 leaders were urged to speak up for E-rate! Contact the FCC & Congress to protect vital funding for school broadband - CoSN 2025: Calling on K-12 Leaders to Fight for E-Rate - bit.ly/3YiRcZY #SaveErate #GovernmentTechnology #BroadbandForAll @keithkrueger.bsky.social
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CoSN 2025: Calling on K-12 Leaders to Fight for E-Rate
Experts at the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference in Seattle urged K-12 leaders to contact the FCC and Congress and voice their support for the E-rate program that funds school broad...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/04/2025
"Cory Booker showed us what courage looks like by standing up and speaking out in one’s town square."
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The Power of Standing Up
From Marc | Cory Booker showed us what courage looks like by standing up and speaking out in one’s town square.
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Education Law Center @edlawcenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
ELC’s annual #MakingTheGrade report shows that many public schools already lack sufficient funding. edlawcenter.org/research/mak... Explore the impact of potential federal revenue losses under Trump 2.0 using our new tool. edlawcenter.org/research/tru...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 02/04/2025
Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth’s office
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Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in DEI purge
Academy officials were told to review the library late last week.
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Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia-area charter school www.newsbreak.com/th... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal
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Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia-area charter school - NewsBreak
Twenty members of staff have been charged following roughly a hundred abuse incidents at a Philadelphia charter school, according to prosecutors. Surveill
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/04/2025
Today, I’m launching Save Our Schools – a campaign to bring people together and push back against Donald Trump's attacks on public education. We're fighting for an America where it's not just the kids of billionaires who get a good education, but every kid in every community.
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Today, I’m launching Save Our Schools.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Elite colleges say they’re expanding access — but the real barriers for Black students start long before the application. A special thank you to Dr. Ivory Toldson for speaking with me on this critical subject. wordinblack.com/2025/04/why-...
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Why Free Tuition Might Not Help Black Kids Go to Harvard
Elite colleges say they’re expanding access — but the real barriers for Black students start long before the application.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory. Booker.
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Wrote about the regime’s “snatch - deport - erase” brand of autocracy in my lasted Substack post. www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...
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The Daily Reid: the Control-Alt-Delete regime
By deleting anything uncomfortable or inclusive about the U.S., the Christian nationalists currently running things hope to return us to the 19th century. That's bad news for everyone but billionaires
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Breaking: A coalition of state attorneys general have sued the Trump admin over its decision to cut $12 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and various public health projects across the country.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It looks like students are planning a protest this afternoon. For those not on the Harvard campus, it's hard to imagine the chill administrators have already put on activism here to mollify critics, including threatening student graduation, banning students from libraries for silent protests etc.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
REPORTER: Do you think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Federal Layoffs Present New Barriers for Black K-12 Students on Word In Black now. #education #federallayoffs #blackstudents #impact wordinblack.com/2025/03/fede...
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Federal Layoffs Present New Barriers for Black K-12 Students
Even as courts step in to halt some of the cuts, advocates say the damage has already been done to our most vulnerable children.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Reading the Room: Why Black Kids Need More Than the Norm explores why, after generations of reading reforms and criticisms over their effectiveness, Black students are still falling behind. #reading #education #blackstudents wordinblack.com/2025/03/read...
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Reading the Room: Why Black Kids Need More Than the Norm
As debates over today's reading reforms grow louder and critics question why scores have worsened, one thing remains clear: Black students are still being left behind.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New report: How districts in 7 states are helping chronically absent homeless kids
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New Report: How Districts in 7 States Are Helping Chronically Absent Homeless Kids
Duffield & Leong: Nearly half of these at-risk students regularly miss class. Some common-sense approaches to finding & bringing them back to school.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"As inclusive as we’ve always been": Districts resist ed department's warning on race www.the74million.org/article/as-i...
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‘As Inclusive as We’ve Always Been’: Districts Resist Ed Dept’s Warning on Race
The department is set to begin enforcing the policy March 1, but has yet to offer specifics on how. On Thursday, it unveiled a website called EndDEI.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Research: Learning recovery has stalled, despite billions in pandemic aid
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Research: Learning Recovery Has Stalled, Despite Billions in Pandemic Aid
One researcher likened the effects to the ‘tsunami following the earthquake,’ with just 6 percent of districts recovered in both math and reading.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My new article, The Fight for Free School Meals: What’s at Stake for Black Students delves into the real life consequences of this decision and why access to nutrition should not be a civil rights issue. Read more on Word In Black.✊🏾 #Project2025 wordinblack.com/2025/02/endi...
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The Fight for Free School Meals: What's at Stake for Black Students
Georgia Flowers-Lee of United Teachers Los Angeles says the union will not let students’ right to food be taken “without a fight.”
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EdSource @edsource.org · 03/02/2025
Amid executive orders from the Trump administration targeting undocumented immigrants, school board members, union leaders and organizers came together to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement and reaffirm the Sacramento City Unified will remain a safe haven.
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UPDATE: Sacramento City Unified emphasizes it will remain a safe haven for students
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
For Word In Black, I spoke with Dr. Inez Moore, an educator and longtime Altadena resident, on how the wildfires have devastated schools and impacted Black students and families. #Wildfires #BlackCommunities #Equity wordinblack.com/2025/01/afte...
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After Schools Burn, What Happens to Black Students?
The destruction in Altadena and Los Angeles could mean kids there will deal with a variety of academic and mental health challenges.
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Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
COBB COUNTY, GA — A middle school student is critically hurt after a self-inflicted shooting at Lindley Middle School on Wednesday, according to the Cobb County School District. www.11alive.com/article/news...
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Student injured after shooting self at Lindley Middle School in Cobb County, officials say
Cobb County Police said the school was placed on lockdown and the campus was immediately secured.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 15/01/2025
Today we honor what would’ve been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 96th birthday. 🖤 Dr. King was revolutionary who fought for justice, equality, and love when the world needed it most. His fight isn’t over—it's on us to keep pushing, keep resisting, and keep his dream alive.
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