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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Bricolage Academy educators request NLRB union election | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/20/bricolage-academy-educators-request-nlrb-union-election/
Progress on Early Retirement Incentive | JD2718 - https://wp.me/pOjh-29S on @wordpressdotcom
How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year http://feeds.scpr.org/~r/893KpccSouthernCaliforniaNews-Education/~3/9BoD0hC7VxY/
'We Need To Be Nurtured, Too': Many Teachers Say They're Reaching A Breaking Point http://feeds.scpr.org/~r/893KpccSouthernCaliforniaNews-Education/~3/3FgXpsfb8hU/
How to Talk About Police Brutality with Children https://www.momsrising.org/blog/how-to-talk-about-police-brutality-with-children
Jersey City school district reverses in-person learning plans https://www.njspotlight.com/video/jersey-city-school-district-reverses-in-person-learning-plans/
Sanders And Top Progressives Push To Make College Free For Most Americans https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989176846/sanders-and-top-progressives-push-to-make-college-free-for-most-americans
How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After A Year Of 'Crisis And Uncertainty' https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989056927/how-schools-can-help-kids-heal-after-a-year-of-crisis-and-uncertainty
Bernie Sanders Wants To Tax Wall Street To Pay For Free College https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-tax-wall-street-free-college_n_607f8f06e4b03fc5b215fea6
OPINION: Why public school teachers need paid family and medical leave - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=78659 via @hechingerreport
Michigan Dad Pulls Biracial Child Out of School After Teacher, Other Student Cuts Her Hair https://www.theroot.com/michigan-dad-pulls-biracial-child-out-of-school-after-t-1846721152 via @TheRoot
Educators expose the teachers unions’ role in facilitating the deadly reopening of US schools https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/21/educ-a21.html
Dems push $25B to electrify school buses, a Biden priority https://www.ny1.com/share/nyc/brooklyn/ap-top-news/2021/04/21/dems-push-25b-to-electrify-school-buses-a-biden-priority?cid=share_twitter
Open Press Roundtable with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Students, Educators, and School Administrative Staff Eligible for the Dream and Promise Act | U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/open-press-roundtable-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-and-students-educators-and-school-administrative-staff-eligible-dream-and-promise-act
How the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=349
Florina Rodov: Charter Schools Should Get Zero Federal Dollars | Ed Politics - https://edpolitics.org/?p=347
Pennsylvania should increase early childhood investment by $250 million, national report says https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/21/22395738/pennsylvania-should-increase-early-childhood-investment-by-250-million-national-report-says
Teachers Discuss George Floyd Murder And Chauvin Verdict https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/teachers-students-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-george-floyd.html
Home-school students could participate in public school activities under proposal in Missouri House | Politics | stltoday.com - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/home-school-students-could-participate-in-public-school-activities-under-proposal-in-missouri-house/article_7592c0d3-0c19-592d-bb9f-b51fea6a4b70.html#new_tab on @stltoday
‘Pandemic or not’: Nashville FRONT group pushes for teacher accountability in TCAP testing | WKRN News 2 - https://www.wkrn.com/?p=824780
Getting Education Data Right: The Case of High School Admissions - Columbia Journalism Review - https://www.cjr.org/?p=86181 via cjr
S.F. school board approves unusual contract terms with superintendent - https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/S-F-school-board-to-vote-on-unusual-contract-16115916.php#new_tab on @sfchronicle
A year without play: Parents and experts worry about loss of social skills during pandemic https://whyy.org/articles/a-year-without-play-parents-and-experts-worry-about-loss-of-social-skills-during-pandemic/
Vote favors measure to pay private tuition for poor pupils - https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/21/vote-favors-measure-to-pay-private-tuition-for/?news-politics#new_tab on @arkansasonline
Hackers post 26,000 Broward school files online https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-ne-broward-schools-hackers-post-files-20210419-mypt2qtlc5a7xela4x6bcg5hdy-story.html
New Indiana budget proposal increases funding for teacher pay and voucher expansion https://in.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/20/22394363/indiana-budget-school-funding-teacher-pay-voucher-expansion via @ChalkbeatIN
Arizona Governor Vetoes Strict Sex Education Legislation | KNAU Arizona Public Radio - https://www.knau.org/node/147959
Many Schools, Few Kids: St. Louis Plagued By Too Much Unused Building Space | St. Louis Public Radio - https://news.stlpublicradio.org/education/2021-04-21/many-schools-few-kids-st-louis-plagued-by-too-much-unused-building-space#new_tab on @stlpublicradio
COVID: Newark school board goes ‘nuclear,’ tells teachers to return to classrooms April 29 – East Bay Times - https://bayareane.ws/3xe3x2s on @eastbaytimes
Biden administration extends universal free school lunch through 2022 | TheHill - https://thehill.com/node/549310
Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie accused of perjury; attorney Barbara Myrick also indicted https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-robert-runcie-arrested-20210421-vv6rp3c65raqzl2w6khdtmkeny-story.html
OPSB committee approves list of 20 school campuses to rename https://thelensnola.org/2021/04/21/opsb-committee-approves-list-of-20-school-campuses-to-rename/
Gary Rubinstein’s Blog: Education Reinventers | National Education Policy Center - https://nepc.colorado.edu/node/10870 on @NEPCtweet
Anchorage School Board passes anti-racism and equity policies with overwhelming support - Alaska Public Media - https://www.alaskapublic.org/?p=298602 via @aprn
