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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Helping students cope with the pandemic - https://www.koat.com/article/helping-students-cope-with-the-pandemic/36459023# on @koat7news
Six in 10 Parents Plan to Vaccinate All of Their Children and Large Majority of Parents Would Feel Safer Sending Kids to School if Most Other Children Were Vaccinated - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/six-in-10-parents-plan-to-vaccinate-all-of-their-children-and-large-majority-of-parents-would-feel-safer-sending-kids-to-school-if-most-other-children-were-vaccinated-301292096.html on @PRNewswire
Watch Malcolm X: Make it Plain | American Experience | Official Site | PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/malcolmx/#transcript on @AmExperiencePBS
Manchester School District joins ConVal’s education funding lawsuit - https://www.concordmonitor.com/Manchester-School-District-joins-ConVal-s-education-funding-lawsuit-40525454 on @conmonitornews
What Is Critical Race Theory and Why Do Some People Want to Ban It? - https://www.newsweek.com/what-critical-race-theory-why-do-some-want-ban-1587389 on @newsweek
What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05 by @Stephen_Sawchuk on @educationweek
PW special report: After conservative criticism, UNC backs down from offering acclaimed journalist tenured position https://bit.ly/3ou6N5T #ncpol via @ncpolicywatch
May’s (2021) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part Three | Engaging Parents In School… - https://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/?p=6415
Malcolm X Would Have Been 96 Years Old Today – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117682 on @Larryferlazzo
Flouting CDC Guidance, Some Schools Are Lifting Mask Mandates – Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/?p=913508
Texas governor bans schools, local governments from requiring masks https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/18/texas-ban-mask-mandate-489453
AFT's Weingarten says CDC asked union to weigh in on school reopenings https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/weingarten-says-cdc-asked-aft-to-weigh-in-on-school-reopenings/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons via @nypost
Providence school Superintendent Harrison Peters faces calls to resign - https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/education/2021/05/18/providence-school-superintendent-harrison-peters-faces-calls-resign/5157150001/ via @projo
Opposition mounts among US workers to repeal of mask mandate https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/19/mask-m19.html
Vengeance or politics? Democrat Harold Dutton explains why he advanced bill targeting transgender athletes, other GOP priorities https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/19/harold-dutton-texas-gop-bills/
NYC Educator: Billionaires Love Yang and Adams---Stringer? Not So Much - http://nyceducator.com/2021/05/the-mayors-race-billionaires-vs-people.html
Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/us/politics/senate-china-science.html
In two D.C.-area school systems, masks come off for recess as other districts weigh changing guidance https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-mask-mandates-dc-va-md/2021/05/18/d3c9b9f0-b74a-11eb-96b9-e949d5397de9_story.html
STUDENT VOICE: Supreme Court, don’t punish us for raising our voices https://hechingerreport.org/student-voice-supreme-court-dont-punish-us-for-raising-our-voices/
Wednesday’s Must Read Articles On School Reopenings | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=117672 on @Larryferlazzo
Summer Camp and Covid: Shifting Mask Rules and Other Guidelines https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/us/summer-camp-covid.html
Can’t Agree on Values? The State Will Decide for You | Cato at Liberty Blog - https://www.cato.org/blog/cant-agree-values-state-will-decide-you#new_tab on @CatoInstitute
Gov. Abbott bans public schools, local officials from requiring masks - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/05/18/texas-governor-abbott-bans-public-schools-local-officials-requiring-masks/5149412001/#new_tab via @statesman
Denver school enrollment predicted to drop 6% by 2025 - Chalkbeat Colorado - https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/18/22442178/denver-public-schools-declining-enrollment-2025#new_tab on chalkbeat
JCPS school board poised to approve 'do-over' year - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2021/05/18/jcps-school-board-poised-to-approve-do-over-year/5023420001/#new_tab via @courierjournal
How Is The Reparations Won Curriculum Being Taught? | WBEZ Chicago - https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-is-the-reparations-won-curriculum-being-taught/2ac25fdd-f1b2-4f5e-9369-923fac3620c0
Student's arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate - https://apnews.com/article/fairfield-connecticut-high-school-racist-post-36ab75190a03be2ccd4dddbda1544ff8#new_tab on @ap
This Alabama school system fired teachers, gave administrators $20,000 in bonuses - al.com - https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/this-alabama-school-system-fired-teachers-gave-administrators-20000-in-bonuses.html#new_tab on @aldotcom
Parents claim school board teaching Critical Race Theory | 11alive.com - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/parents-accuse-school-board-of-trying-to-teach-students-with-critical-race-theory/85-fce39e59-a639-491b-b60f-1170206ae49e#new_tab on 11AliveNews
When a student threatened her life, a retired Denver teacher says an SRO protected her - https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/when-a-student-threatened-her-life-a-retired-denver-teacher-says-an-sro-protected-her#new_tab by @NicoleDenver7 on @DenverChannel
Florida 10-Year-Old Calls Mask Guidelines Hypocritical During School Board Meeting - https://www.newsweek.com/florida-10-year-old-calls-mask-guidelines-hypocritical-during-school-board-meeting-1592711#new_tab on @newsweek
Analysis faults districts on lack of spending accountability for Covid funding | EdSource - https://edsource.org/?p=654980 on @edsource
