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The truth about students learning to #read in #Florida from a REAL #PublicSchool Parent in the wake of the recent #bookbans. A šŸ§µ
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#Teachers in K-8 utilize whatā€™s called the Accelerated
Reader Program. #TruthMatters
arbookfind.com
K-8 Students search for books within their tested reading level that they are interested in reading. Books in the #library are divided up by Book Level so students can easily find a book within their reading level. šŸ“š
Students can also utilize the AR Bookfind website to find books within their tested reading range. With each book they read, they take a test in order for that book to count as a book that they read for class. If they donā€™t pass the test, they have to take it again. šŸ“š
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At the Extremismā€™s Impact On Public Education forum, hosted by @indivisibletx24, I talked about the money, ideology, cannonballs into the deep end, and ripples that come from it. (1.1) #WhiteChrisitanNationalism #publiceducation #bannedbooks
At the Extremismā€™s Impact On Public Education forum, hosted by @indivisibletx24, this clip is where I delved into the cannonball and specific ripples. (1.2) #WhiteChrisitanNationalism #publiceducation #bannedbooks
At the Extremismā€™s Impact On Public Education forum, hosted by @indivisibletx24, itā€™s Patriot Mobile time. With a lot of money. Going after school boards. (2.1) #WhiteChrisitanNationalism #publiceducation #bannedbooks
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The push for #education privatization #schoolvouchers is now a cruel update to longer efforts to separate single out and separate children. @carolburris @Network4pubEd @NPEaction

Heritage announced its #EducationFreedom strategy early in 2022:
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heritage.org/education/repoā€¦
And Heritage has been branching out on this tactic by adopting itself as a pseudo sex-science shop

The goal here is to underscore differences as ā€œchoiceā€ and ā€œvaluesā€ #lgbtqia #LGBTQ
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heritage.org/gender/event/tā€¦
With longstanding antipathy to #DEI baked into an #EducationFreedom agenda that in their telling is good for kids of color

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heritage.org/educationreporā€¦
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A few general comments on this new Fordham report on #ohioed #schoolvouchers:
@Network4pubEd @PV4PS @NPEaction @NEPCtweet @pfpsorg @OhioPEP

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fordhaminstitute.org/ohio/research/ā€¦
First and most important: the study presents a ton of zero impacts and tiny effects. Mostly this is #schoolvouchers report about statistical noise, packaged as a win. The beauty of null results is one can see what one wants.

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But in whatā€™s become a trend for Fordham, its house-written Forward makes way more of the externally done results than it should.

Basically the argument goes

ā€œ#schoolvouchersā€ critics say vouchers hurt but we find no evidence of vouchers doing anything! Critics are wrong!ā€

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Why have #schoolvouchers programs persisted and expanded despite a more lopsided base of objective evidence against them than nearly any other current #edpolicy #education initiative?

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First is that today #schoolvouchers activists are directly part of the larger #trump-style revanchist and anti-democratic turn in American politics since Obamaā€™s second term.

Politically their success is intertwined.
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But as a policy matter too we see #schoolvouchers linger around even as #education research has tried to place itself in an #evidencebased position to inform policy.

If evidence were all that informed #edpolicy then vouchers would have been dead a decade ago.

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Hey šŸ‘‹ #educators and defenders of #publicschools:

Got an angry #MAGA family relative at your #Thanksgiving šŸ¦ƒ table who likes to yell at you about #publiceducation?

Hereā€™s a short ā€œwell actuallyā€ sheet to šŸ‘ back:
@Network4pubEd @NPEaction @PV4PS
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ā€œIā€™m sick of just throwing money at #schools that just waste it!ā€

Well, actually, Aunt Betsy, investing in #publiceducation is one of the best things taxpayers can doā€”more $$, better outcomes. @KiraboJackson
chalkbeat.org/2018/12/17/211ā€¦

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ā€œAnd all this crime you damn liberals have going around too!ā€

Well, actually, spending more $$ on #schools helps reduce long term #crime rates too! @fordschool @BrittanyEdPol @JasonBaron4

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fordschool.umich.edu/news/2022/inveā€¦
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It's been quite a year.
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Today marks one year since I was fired for explaining TN's mature minor doctrine to physicians who were vaccinating teens against #COVID19. It's been a long, disturbing, challenging year. TN continues make things hard for Tennesseans.
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Since my firing, TN has continued to be near the bottom for #COVID19 vax rates overall (43rd). Among children 5-11 it's (47th) w/ 0% improvement since 6/15. Among 12-17yo, it's 49th w/ 0% improvement since 6/15. TN is among states w/ the highest counts of MIS-C.
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>26,500 Tennesseans dead-- that's 1 in 257 Tennesseans. Nearly half a million cases and 42 deaths in Tennesseans under age 21. Pfizer vaccine is now FDA approved for 12+ and authorized for 6mo+. Vaccines reduce hospitalization and deaths.
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetĀ 03/18/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/daiā€¦
Protein tweak makes CRISPR gene editing 4,000 times less error-prone
newatlas.com/science/crisprā€¦
#CRISPR, #GeneEditing, #Cas9Protein, #ErrorCorrection
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetĀ 03/13/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/daiā€¦
Is the media still stifling the lab-leak theory? - UnHerd
unherd.com/2022/03/is-theā€¦
#MainstreamMedia, #NarrativeControl, #COVID19Source
FBI: Ransomware gang breached 52 US critical infrastructure orgs
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ā€¦
#FBIWarning, #RansomwareHacking, #InfrastructureOrganizations
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetĀ 01/15/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/daiā€¦
Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica Could Collapse Soon: New Research - Rolling Stone

rollingstone.com/politics/politā€¦

#ThwaitesGlacierCollapse, #antartica, #IceShelf, #ClimateChange
Americaā€™s Divisions May Have Passed the Tipping Point

reason.com/2021/12/27/ameā€¦

#PartisanPolitics, #tribalism, #polarization, #TippingPoint, #CivilWar
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Breaking: #Ontario

Literally

@fordnation, @Sflecce and @celliottability are collaborating to destroy

#PublicEducation
#Healthcare
#LongTermCare
And moreā€¦

The cracks are beginning to show

Sure, there are some partisan apologists who justify this travesty

While we sufferā€¦
#Healthcare

Lack of proper #VaccineMandate

Allowing large groups to congregate unsafely

Refusing #PaidSickDays

Passing #bill124

And moreā€¦

Now our hospitals are overwhelmed, HCPs at the breaking point, No ambulances for emergencies

#FordFailedOntario
#Education

No #VaccineMandates

Insufficient #PPE

Hiding cases of #COVID19 from #parents and #students

No access to #PCRtest and limited #RAT kits

Our #children are at risk

They will get #Covid19

Some will get VERY SICK

#FordfailedOntario

#onted
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1/2 ā€˜Christocratā€™ Rick Scarborough Has Big Plans to ā€˜Take Overā€™ School Boards All Across Texas rightwingwatch.org/post/christocrā€¦ thousands of Texan pastors will activate their congregations to ensure that conservative Christians ā€œtake over their local school boardsā€ all across the state
2/2 "Rick Scarborough, a self-described ā€œChristocrat,ā€ strident anti-LGBTQ activist, and longtime critic of public education" sits on the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy. #CNP #LGBTQ #publiceducation

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ā€œIf Every Church Said, ā€˜We Will Take Over Our Community'ā€: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local religiondispatches.org/if-every-churcā€¦ "the Christian Right is seeking to ignite a grassroots political revolution beginning with local offices."
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNetĀ 10/15/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/?p=6644
Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the effect of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 21 industrialized countries | Nature Medicine

nature.com/articles/s4159ā€¦

#demographics #dynamics #mortality #magnitude #pandemic
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Thread / rant: school board meetings where people invoke how much residents pay for housing when talking about their right to demand (_insert demand here_) from the local public school system. /1
Children are entitled to a good education b/c THEY EXIST, not because their parents pay a lot for housing. Think about the inverse - kids in lower-priced areas deserve less? renters? families who are behind on their taxes? families who inherited their homes? transfer students? /2
I get it - people who can afford it buy expensive homes for "better" districts, and they want to be able to make demands. By all means, demand a great education for your kids. But do it because *all* kids deserve a great education. Not because you paid a lot for your house. /3
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Just had a student, who finds reading a challenge, return 90 Packets of Instant Noodles by @DebFitzpatrick2, telling me he was able to focus on it & read the whole book, and how much he loved it. Now I have to find another one just like it!
I taught this boy a couple of years ago, and the fact that he has read and loved an entire novel by himself, without "having to" for class, is a huge achievement. I'm keenly nervous to find a great book for him to follow up. I'm thinking maybe one by Nick Earls. @nickearls
He liked the realism of 90 Packets, and how the boy had to fend for himself against difficult challenges. "He was a really good character, Miss," he said. This is why we do what we do. #ilovemyjob #studentsneedschoollibraries #LoveOzYA #teachinglife #publiceducation
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Breaking: @TDSB Chair says Community Use of Schools grants have been cancelled.... and outlines cost to at risk and vulnerable students because of #FordGovernment cuts. memo to trustees released tonight... excerpts below. #OntEd #Onpoli
This is a further $1-million cut to Canadaā€™s largest school board and will reduce access to school facilities for community organizations/activities, particularly in high-need neighbourhoods. Devastating #ONpoli @OntEdu
@TDSB also warning that #FordGovernment failure to commit to funding the #FocusOnYouth Summer program is putting the program at risk. Last year 600 young people were employed in this program, 11,000 children/youth participated, w proven results! #Onpoli #OntEd
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@VanTaylorTX @TexasGOP @GregAbbott_TX @candynoble @MattShaheen @Susan_Fletcher @leachfortexas @CollinCtyVotes @CollinGOP @Scott_SanfordTX Let's see, Van ... We're presently #5 in teen birth rate (per @HHSGov), & the state ed #abstinenceonly policy seems tailor-made to make us #1 there. In fact, the stats say almost one-in-five of US births to girls <15 were right here in Texas. #winning 1/
@VanTaylorTX @TexasGOP @GregAbbott_TX @candynoble @MattShaheen @Susan_Fletcher @leachfortexas @CollinCtyVotes @CollinGOP @Scott_SanfordTX @HHSGov In your quest for first, Van, you'll be glad to know we're #1 already for #uninsured people AND #1 when it comes to least #HealthcareAccess (incl. DC!). We do have a little ways to go on cost; we're only 6th #mostexpensive. Keep denying that expansion! 2/

bizjournals.com/sanantonio/newā€¦
@VanTaylorTX @TexasGOP @GregAbbott_TX @candynoble @MattShaheen @Susan_Fletcher @leachfortexas @CollinCtyVotes @CollinGOP @Scott_SanfordTX @HHSGov Wanna be the worst place for #children, Van? Texas is almost there! According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation #KidsCount assessment, we're the 3rd-worst for family and community (#47/50) & 9th-worst for #childhealth. Isn't that exciting? /3

riograndeguardian.com/report-texas-oā€¦
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