Avataralexeblazer5 days agoWis. school board members dismissed book about Japanese American incarceration as being ‘unbalanced,’ parents sayNBC News - Kimmy YamParents are pushing back after a committee whose members sit on a Wisconsin school board did not move forward with approving a book about Japanese American incarceration during World War II for a sophomore English literature class. Muskego-Norway School Board members said including the book would …
Avataralexeblazer5 days agoState education board members push back on proposal to use “involuntary relocation” to describe slaveryverified_publishertexastribune.org - by Brian LopezThe Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer. A group of Texas …
AvataralexeblazerWhite parents chased a Black educator out of town. Then they followed her to the next oneverified_publisherSalon - Nicole CarrIn April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job. The trip itself had gone well. Lewis and her husband had settled on a rental home in Woodstock, a small city with a charming downtown and a …
AvataralexeblazerGeorgia School Teachers Creating New Lesson Plans to Comply With Culture War LawsThe 74 - Ross WilliamsGeorgia students will soon be trading their pencils and books for sunglasses and swimsuits after a busy school year. For teachers, the summer break …
AvataralexeblazerThis photo of a professor wearing a mask went viral. So did his response to criticsverified_publisherNPR - Sacha Pfeiffer , Patrick JarenwattananonIt doesn't take much to go viral nowadays. Take Jon Levy, a professor and chair of the department of environmental health at Boston University's school of Public Health. Earlier this month, an image of Levy went viral on Twitter. The cause? He was wearing an N95 mask alone in his office. After …
AvataralexeblazerGwinnett’s teacher of the year is quitting the school districtajc.com - Josh ReyesLee Allen tried to reassure the 12,500 other teachers in Gwinnett County as he was named the district’s teacher of the year in December. “If you work …
