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A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
by Clay Bennett
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 04:55 PM PDT
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Welcome. This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue . The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back ...
by randallt
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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A major goal of teachers, especially secondary school social studies teachers, is to help students learn to evaluate multiple perspectives on issues by weighing supporting evidence, separating fact from fiction, examining underlying assumptions, and...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 11:05 AM PDT
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Over the weekend, “60 Minutes” aired a piece on Moms for Liberty, the conservative “watchdog” group that has inspired absurd book bans across the country. Two of the founders of the group, ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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By Caroline Wilburn The Texas Tribune Subscribe to The Y’all � — a weekly ...
by Texas Tribune
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 10:30 AM PST
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In 2016, my family and I moved to Skokie, IL, a town we grew up in and around years prior — a suburb that’s considered one of the most diverse in the US. We were pregnant with our second child and despite our desire to stay in Chicago, we couldn’t find...
by temps2020
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on Wed Dec 20, 2023 at 01:59 PM PST
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JTA We believed diverse coalitions would include Jewish women. Now we fear we are alone Seven weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel, the strangely silent women’s rights group UN Women issued an Instagram statement on allegations...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 04:00 PM PST
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Many teachers are nervous about discussing the war between Israel and Hamas in class. In a highly heated atmosphere, they are unsure about how to approach the controversies, what is grade appropriate, and they fear criticism no matter what they do or...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 08:23 AM PST
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In an email to school staff Wednesday, November 8, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks warned teachers about violating Education Department rules on political speech. Banks ordered teachers to keep their personal political beliefs out of the...
by Alan Singer
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 06:58 AM PST
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Teachers in Oregon’s largest school district hit the picket lines yesterday (Wednesday) morning after being unable to come to a contract agreement with district leaders, closing its over eighty buildings that comprise the district. This is the first...
by FlannelGuy
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 09:59 AM PDT
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Photo source In a post yesterday LaFeminista characterized the Israeli Defense forces’ (IDF) response to Hamas’s cowardly and barbaric Oct. 7 attack on Israeli soil on Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday dedicated to joyously celebrating the completion of...
by cfordlaw
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on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 11:56 AM PDT
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Briefly, from J IMENA * email: Resources on how to talk with children during times of crisis �
by mettle fatigue
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on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 04:05 PM PDT
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The Misalignment of Schools and Society Restructuring Education for Success after High School By William Berkson and William Schillig High Dropout Rates All students should be prepared for success in life beyond high school: success in an immediate...
by WBerkson
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 08:25 AM PDT
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Chris Christie and Mike Pence get props for making cringe-worthy comments as we are now all a bit dumber. This evening, the management at a nonunion shop in Trump’s favorite Michigan County (Macomb), invited Trump to do his usual nonsense in front of...
by annieli
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 09:50 PM PDT
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Her name was Shirley Myers, and she was a gift in my life when I needed one. I was in middle school and a loner, unlike most kids that age, because my mother suffered from depression that meant she was hospitalized for long stretches. Ms. Myers was a...
by eclift
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on Mon Sep 18, 2023 at 12:44 PM PDT
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The issues for American and South Korean teachers may not be the same, but American teachers should learn from the strategy employed by South Korean teachers to improve conditions at work for themselves and ultimately for their students. Tens of...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 10:57 AM PDT
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Many schools across the country have started the new academic year, and one of the burning questions is whether they have enough teachers in classrooms. More than that, whether they have enough ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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I come from a family of educators, so this attack is personal & profoundly disturbing.� My mother taught HS English and Polish.� My dad taught English and history, then became a counselor, & retired ...
by Joker2101
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 06:01 AM PDT
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Here in Floriduh, we keep hearing about the dire teacher shortage, and the nurse shortage and the shortage of child care workers and nursing home workers and …… What I never seem to see in these stories is the fact that professions that are...
by katepez
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on Sun Aug 20, 2023 at 06:55 AM PDT
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First let me clarify: “No”. No, I am not so naïve, that I believe anyone will instantly change their world view after seeing a meme. However, I am also disturbed by how many MAGAs I’ve heard say: That they don’t watch the news They get their...
by LuvPure
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on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 06:57 PM PDT
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- Today should be an interesting day in Judge Merchan’s court room.� Donald Trump reposted an attack by Fox’s Jesse Watters on the jury members selected for Trump’s current trial in NYC on ...229 comments 444 Recs
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- Hello all, and happy Thursday! I got thinking about safe spaces recently —�what they are, how do we create them...�I am writing this from inside my very own portable safe space, Wheeliehouse :-) ...159 comments 125 Recs
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- Jewish Space Lasers redux The Republican House is trying to pass a bill giving supplemental aid to Israel for the rest of fiscal 2024. Rep. MT Greene (R-GA) has problems with it. And has offered an amendment, the sole purpose of which is to throw sand...29 comments 66 Recs
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