About That February 26 Hearing On "Learning Loss" . . . educationdc.net/2021/02/19/a… via @wordpressdotcom @WTUteacher
I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Tell Mayor Bowser: Enact the DC Essential Workers' Bill Of Rights!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
No DCPS School Librarian Should be “Excessed” During COVID. saveschoollibrarians.org/dcs… via @EveryLibrary @WTUteacher @dccouncilbudget @Philmendelson @DCPSChancellor @MayorBowser @ZACHARYSBOE5 @ForOleary @kenyanmcduffie @dmenkart @DMEforDC
I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Our Students and Schools Need More Funding, Not Cuts / Nuestros Estudiantes y Escuelas Necesitan Más Soporte Financiero. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
@WTUteacher signed a @theactionnet petition: Our Students and Schools Need More Funding, Not Cuts / Nuestros Estudiantes y Escuelas Necesitan Más Soporte Financiero. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
Statement on Anti-Asian Racism solidarity-us.org/assc_anti-… via @SolidarityUS @WTUteacher This incident is part of a significant uptick in anti-Asian, racist, hate-motivated violence in the US this year! #StopAAPIHate
Andre M. Perry brook.gs/2g1dddB via @BrookingsInst @WTUteacher Perry’s academic writings have concentrated on race, structural inequality, and urban schools. He co-authored the Brookings Institution report “The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods”.
Stimulus Check Update: Direct Payments Delivered in 4 Waves. Which Wave Will Carry Your Check? If your rebate funds are recovered through the Recovery Rebate Credit, you will be in the fourth wave of recipients. @WTUTeacher a.msn.com/00/en-us/BB1erLtB?…
Anti Racism Conversation featuring Enid Lee youtu.be/MqQipiAKHRw via @YouTube @WTUTeacher This conversation will be interactive and audience participation is encouraged. We will build on our last two discussions with a whole new conversation focused on racial equity.
Is the White House Greenlighting Haiti’s Descent into Dictatorship? accuracy.org/release/is-the-… @WTUTeacher
This week the U.S. Department of Education told states it wouldn’t issue blanket waivers from mandated annual assessments. A national guide instructing parents on how to opt their children out of the standardized tests reported a spike in web traffic to #OptOut !
Learning Loss Is Just Educational Halitosis via @forbes @WTUteacher forbes.com/sites/petergreene… For best academic recovery plans, #ListenToTeachers
Where We Stand: Tools, Time, and Trust—The Keys to Reopening and Recovery shar.es/aoKAMy via @aftunion @WTUteacher Building back better requires an academic recovery plan developed by teachers and parents that first address the social and emotional needs of all students.
#COVID19 forced many schools to stop in-person instruction. A new @LPI_learning site compiles recent & rigorous science on reopening—giving educators, administrators, & policymakers resources to inform decisions on reopening safely. @WTUTeacher bit.ly/2N6OfdX
Restoring faith in our democracy, recovering from the attempted coup by @AFTunion @WTUteacher aftvoices.org/restoring-fait…
“Racism is normalized,” activist Shola Mos-Shogbamimu told the BBC. Many people “want to deny that the royal family as an institution is rooted in colonialism, racism and white supremacy.”@WTUTeacher
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Here’s how the American Rescue Plan helps by @rweingarten aftvoices.org/heres-how-the-… On Saturday, the Senate passed their version of the American Rescue Plan that would provide urgently needed relief in the form of $1.9 billion to Americans families. Unions help ALL working people.
All teachers and staff who work for a school or child care facility are eligible for the vaccine and can begin pre-registering next week. We don’t have more details yet but will be sure to share them when we can.
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee- GWC Sponsorship facebook.com/watch/?v=183080… via @FacebookWatch @WTUteacher@eleanornorton@tomsherwood@AFTunion
Join us at the largest annual civil rights event in the nation, as we honor the past, examine the present and look forward to the future.
Creating Loving Cities Rather Than “Separate and Unequal” learningpolicyinstitute.org/… @WTUteacher @davis704 Putting and keeping equity and race on the table.