The Atlantic: “The [community school] model is based on the idea that diagnosing the social and emotional needs of children and their families and then alleviating barriers such as hunger, mental-health issues, and poor eyesight will make academic success more attainable.”
Chalkbeat: “Here is what the young protesters had to say about the president’s recent immigration orders, federal education policy and what it’s like to be Muslim in Trump’s America.”
CityLab: “Often, it was school segregation that created neighborhood segregation, not the other way around.”
EdSource: “‘There are thousands of students today in classrooms with teachers who are wholly unprepared.’”
Education Week: “We need to reassure the most vulnerable students in our school districts that we will support them in their time of need. ... However, we also need to have difficult conversations with all of our students, especially when there is so much uncertainty in the world.”
Education Week: “The district’s new police department is the first step in Atlanta’s efforts to confront a challenge many urban school systems have not easily tackled: concerns that putting police in schools undermines efforts to create a safe and supportive learning environment.”
The New York Times: “High school students may broadly back the First Amendment, but not without limits: Their support is tempered depending on the kind of speech and where it’s delivered.”
Voices In Education: “Teachers have been connecting with each other to confront racism and learn to talk about race with their students in three ways: organizing gatherings and safe spaces; making, sharing, and curating collections of lesson plans or curricula; and holding public conversations and workshops.”
The Washington Post: “‘Many students and teachers were confused by how the posters themselves could be causing a disturbance or concern, since their sole purpose was to make minority students feel represented and accepted.’”
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