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TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES
Illinois Senate passes elected school board for Chicago, over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot - Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-elected-school-board-cps-20210602-5ym64zdbe5cahe6n5haw3dvbdu-story.html via @chicagotribune
Cultural affirmation, not punishment may reduce harm to Black girls in schools, researchers assert - Graduate School of Education - University at Buffalo - http://ed.buffalo.edu/news-events/ticker/archive.host.html/content/shared/ed/news/ticker/2021/06/01.detail.html
How Many Letters Are There, Secretary Cardona? | by Ira David Socol | Educate. | Apr, 2021 | Medium - https://medium.com/educate-pub/how-many-letters-are-there-secretary-cardona-a82cf9b597cf by @irasocol on @educate_pub
Semi-Charmed Kind of Life (part one): Who kids are…and what kids need from us | by Ira David Socol | Age of Awareness | Medium - https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/semi-charmed-kind-of-life-part-1-who-kids-are-and-what-kids-need-from-us-dcb7dd8a02c4 by @irasocol on @AoA_Pub
The College Admissions Crucible | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-college-admissions-crucible
Forbidding Remote Learning: Why Some Schools Won't Offer a Virtual Option This Fall - https://www.edweek.org/leadership/forbidding-remote-learning-why-some-schools-wont-offer-a-virtual-option-this-fall/2021/06 by @cgewertz on @educationweek
Targeting 'Critical Race Theory,' Republicans Rattle American Schools - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html on @nytimes
Covid Shuttered Schools Everywhere. So Why Was the ‘She-cession’ Worse in the U.S.? - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/shecession-america-europe-child-care.html?smid=tw-share on @nytimes
Council members push agenda to stem gun violence among Philadelphia youth https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22464061/council-members-push-agenda-to-stem-gun-violence-among-philadelphia-youth via @ChalkbeatPHL
100 Scholars: Our Democracy is at Risk | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-uez via @dianeravitch
Liberty University in turmoil as students protest against continuing relationship with Trump: report https://www.salon.com/2021/06/02/liberty-university-in-turmoil-as-students-revolt-against-continuing-relationship-with-trump-report_partner/
NAACP president: Biden’s plan to tackle racial wealth gap must address student debt crisis https://www.salon.com/2021/06/01/naacp-president-bidens-plan-to-tackle-racial-wealth-gap-must-address-student-debt-crisis/
Wilberforce University Cancels Student Debt for Graduating Class https://www.theroot.com/wilberforce-university-cancels-student-debt-for-graduat-1847010943
Students Build Websites to Commemorate Black Wall Street Businesses That Were Destroyed During the Tulsa Race Massacre https://www.theroot.com/students-build-websites-to-commemorate-black-wall-stree-1847009046
As school year wraps up, COVID-19 cases down; Supt. Lewis announces final year https://thelensnola.org/2021/06/01/as-school-year-wraps-up-covid-19-cases-down-supt-lewis-announces-final-year/
Can California Withstand A Teacher Retirement Boom? https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/06/01/can-california-withstand-a-teacher-retirement-boom/
The History You Didn't Learn | The Overlooked Stories of America's Black Wall Streets | NewBlackMan (in Exile) - https://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2021/06/the-history-you-didnt-learn-overlooked.html
NYC charter schools take different paths on vaccine mandates, remote learning for fall https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-charter-schools-fall-reopening-questions-20210601-zyb2qzjpzjhftousux7z47x3su-story.html#ed=rss_www.nydailynews.com/arcio/rss/category/new-york/education/
Top Loudoun school officials defend equity work against charges of ‘critical race theory’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-schools-critical-race-theory/2021/06/01/641fbda8-c2ed-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html
Republicans Plan to Steal 2024 Election | Diane Ravitch's blog - https://wp.me/p2odLa-ueK via @dianeravitch
OPINION: A college health doctor and teacher/coach see hopeful signs for the pandemic generation as they face whatever is next - https://hechingerreport.org/?p=79503 via @hechingerreport
Special education: Beneficial to many, harmful to others - https://brook.gs/3fjxzej on @BrookingsInst
Mining tax proposal would bring 'meaningful revenue' to education in Nevada - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper - https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/may/30/mining-tax-proposal-would-bring-meaningful-revenue/#new_tab by @@John__Sadler on @LasVegasSun
31 states don't require schools to teach about the Holocaust. Some laws are changing that - CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/holocaust-marjorie-taylor-greene-states-trnd/index.html#new_tab
Florida Becomes Seventh State to Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls' Sports as DeSantis Signs Bill - https://www.newsweek.com/florida-becomes-seventh-state-ban-transgender-athletes-girls-sports-desantis-signs-bill-1596535#new_tab on @newsweek
An elections bill casualty: most schools won’t get funded for virtual learning next year unless the education commissioner acts - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/06/02/an-elections-bill-casualty-most-schools-wont-get-funded-for-virtual-learning-next-year-unless-the-education-commissioner-acts/#new_tab via @dallasnews
They Kept Schools Running as Covid Raged: ‘We Had to Be Here’ - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/nyregion/covid-new-york-city-schools.html
Latino community coalition calls for delay in Denver schools superintendent vote https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/6/1/22463583/latino-coalition-calls-for-delay-in-denver-schools-superintendent-vote via @ChalkbeatCO
The Fight to Teach Asian American History https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/asian-american-history.html
Utah State Board of Education is set to consider a ban on teaching critical race theory https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/6/1/22458561/utah-state-board-of-education-is-set-to-consider-a-ban-on-teaching-critical-race-theory