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29 May 2022
“Guns kill more children each year than auto accidents. More children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active military members. Guns are a public health crisis…and in this, we are failing our children, over and over again.” scientificamerican.com/artic…
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28 Aug 2023
In case anyone was wondering here it is all laid out for you. This has been their plan all along; to utterly destroy public schools. Not in Texas! Not now. Not ever.
No vouchers!!!
Chris Rufo spelled out the intent on how to get to universal School choice at this event at Hillsdale College on 4/5/22:
“You need to operate from a premise of universal school distrust”
This has been the goal. It’s why it’s CRT, banning books, attacking educators.
#txlege #txed
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29 Aug 2023
School boards are putting students’ lives in danger. @ChinoValleyUSD
“If we get outed, that can lead to abuse at home. There are people who would rather have a dead child than a trans child.”
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Jim Cronin retweeted
22 Aug 2023
At one time, it was illegal to teach enslaved and free people of color to read and write. Three guesses as to why. It didn’t work.
So now pissed off whites are trying to keep people stupid by banning books and rewriting the history of Black America. And that won’t work either.
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22 Aug 2023
EMPATHY MATTERS “If anyone would like to speak with me, I’ll stay around,” - President Biden said at the end of remarks at the Lahaina Civic Center
And he did, going table by table to meet with every person at the center, listening to their concerns and taking photos with them.
Empathy matters, folks. ♥
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“student resistance is a small, but growing trend as districts continue to limit students’ access to books and other materials that have drawn parent and community objections”
20 Jul 2023
🧵"What Happened When Students Led Fights to Reverse Book Bans" by @Eeshapendharkar in @educationweek edweek.org/teaching-learning…
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18 Jul 2023
Must be @Moms4Liberty raising these fragile snowflakes who claim to feel “guilty for being white,” after reading about the experiences of black folks.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Crashes School Board Meeting Over Banning His Book thedailybeast.com/ta-nehisi-…
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11 Jul 2023
It's often said: White kids, upon being taught the history of racism, will feel guilty or bad about being White. In fact, White kids who receive antiracist history lessons exhibit fewer racist ideas about Black people while their attitudes about White people are unaffected.
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A bill to require student teachers to be paid and another authorizing state funds to market the teaching profession are among the legislation being considered to help end California's teacher shortage. #caleg #capol #caedu #teachers
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5 Jul 2023
Presented our bill which would levy a fine on any school district that bans a book in order to discriminate against students of color and/or LGBTQ plus students. Inclusive education promotes academic achievement and social development for students of all backgrounds.@jackson835
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27 Jun 2023
Teachers, instructors and professors,I hope you enjoy your much needed summer break! Thanks for all you do!
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24 Jun 2023
Half of adolescents say their parent or caregiver is distracted by their cell phone when they're trying to have a conversation with them. @scienceofkids
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24 Jun 2023
Governments in states that supposedly oppose big govt push legislation that would limit Americans' freedom to read and think for themselves and prosecute people who want to freely read and allow others to do so.
Legislation of Concern in 2023 everylibrary.org/billtrackin…
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20 Jun 2023
"In a democracy, liberty and free speech require robust protection in the face of cultural and political censors. Protecting students’ freedom to read must be no different," writes @jonfreadom.
#Liberty #Freadom #BannedBooks🧵
12 Jun 2023
"WHAT'S AT STAKE when we talk about book bans is student learning and well-being," writes PEN America's @jonfreadom in @USATODAY. "Semantic gymnastics about what is or isn’t a ban is an effort to deny and distract from the problem." #BannedBooks #Reading usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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14 Jun 2023
“…without providing detail on which provisions might have been violated, or how.”
Because book banners…
-Never read the books themselves.
-Lack the intellectual capacity to comprehend context.
-Mindlessly pursue an agenda without critically thinking. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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12 Jun 2023
"Free people must always read freely." - ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall at today's signing of Illinois legislation that will prevent libraries from banning or restricting access to books.
ALT Image of ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall speaking at a podium at Chicago Public Library. Behind her are several Illinois officials, including Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, Governor J.B. Pritzker, and Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.
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12 Jun 2023
"People want to downplay what’s happening. They say, 'If you can buy it on Amazon, it’s not a book ban,' or, 'If you can get permission from a parent... then it’s not really banned.' But... on the road to total censorship, there are many steps" @jonfreadom lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/firs…
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8 Jun 2023
Book banners are exploiting a "loophole in the educational system" which makes it "easy to mobilize a small, select group of people to ban thousands of books over time," @theamandagorman tells @andersoncooper
cnn.com/videos/politics/2023… #BannedBooks #StudentsRights #FreedomToRead
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“The science of education may present itself in a firm, guaranteed, and reliable curriculum, but the art is what brings life to the classroom.”
Let’s Move from Admiring Problems to Creating Solutions ascd.org/blogs/lets-move-fro…
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