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Professor of Ed Policy and Hist of Ed @Baruch College and CUNY Grad Center. Dog owner, book lover, Brooklynite, she/her.
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Well ... but it only applies to students with identified disabilities, which is an important subset but also only a subset.
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I stand corrected! Thanks.
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I think by special education status, not race (but perhaps I'm wrong?). DeVos withdrew the Obama-era dear colleague letter about racial disparities in discipline and Biden never reinstated it. That's what I was referring to.
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Ooh. I haven’t been following and just looked up the criticisms. Agreed!
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Exactly.
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5. I’m not saying a president can’t mess up our schools, but he can’t do it alone. And
if you’re worried, get involved locally! Call your state legislative reps, run for school board (if you still have one). That’s still where most of the action’s at.
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4. Federal courts mostly get involved in school cases to settle questions of if and how local ed policies conflict with constitutional rights (freedom of speech, equal treatment, etc.) and if fed policies infringe on state’s authority.
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3. Obama’s sec of ed got a fair amount accomplished without Congress, by offering additional funds through a competitive grant system. Not all states chose to play. By 2015 there was so much bipartisan disdain for this expanded fed role in schooling that Congress passed a law explicitly reducing it.
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2. The presidents you might associate with important federal school policy (Johnson, GW) got legislation passed (ESEA, NCLB) giving $ to schools for specific priorities or actions.
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Yup. And I fully recognize that some states are ahead of the game here.
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Fun thread! This is one of my favorite winter soups. I add lots more turnip than it calls for.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017...
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The ridiculousness of CEO pay is matched only by the ridiculousness of those locks. I have literally stood in a store aisle ordering my products online.
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I once gave a talk at a very prestigious public high school that students (and often their families) work very hard to get into, and all the teachers wanted to talk to me about was their discipline problems.
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Thanks, @shermandorn.com. While I do think pre-service programs can do a better job in preparing teachers for classroom management, I don't think the sense that it's a "problem" will ever go away.
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You forgot razor blades in Halloween candy and cyanide in Tylenol!
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omg this was my "I can't look away" read this morning. The craziest part is that for most of them the experience did not sour them on cruises. Even the woman who was left behind after having a stroke is still cruising!
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We’re actually having one of those too with the cousins! I’m hoping I’ll be able to freeze some of my latkes from tonight 🤞🏼
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Fair. Questionable strategy but what do I know.
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I’m no fan of SoR, and I don’t think this lawsuit has legs, but it does raise some interesting questions about lack of accountability in the for-profit school curriculum world. Lots of harms visited upon kids (and teachers) while the alleged efficiency of the market goes missing.
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Or is the point that he’s deserving because of his contribution to the community? I really feel like he could sell his house, buy a slightly bigger one with his daughter, and between her salary and his pension (or salary if he’s not retired) they could cover the mortgage on their own.
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His daughter is a single mom and I think EMT, which I feel like would make her pretty sympathetic on her own. So why add the principal? Are we moving from teachers aren’t paid enough to principals aren’t paid enough in popular discourse?
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Drives me batty! We are unionized, working without a contract, and they ask us to donate to the institution. There are memorial/scholarship funds I donate to to honor someone’s memory, help support students, etc. But to the institution, which owes me backpay? Hard pass.