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"Conservative parents and politicians alike have been worked up into a frenzy worrying that their school texts and library books may expose them to age-inappropriate content..."
#BookBan #Shakespeare
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Check out @TeachPlusIL #ECE Policy Fellow @mdbhansali's op-ed: Children Learn Through Play. Early Childhood Educators Need to Know How to Use Play in the Classroom chicagounheard.org/blog/chil… via @ChicagoUnheard
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One of the committees that rarely meets is the education committee...it has a budget of $175,000 annually, according to this story. That is astounding. I have no idea what that money is spent on. wbez.org/stories/chicago-cit…
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Calling all charter school leaders that received a CSP grant to help them open. A picture is worth a thousand tweets. Without this grant @SteelCity219 would not exist! Let’s show @JoeBiden who benefits from CSP grants. @teasleygeo @charteralliance @charteralliance @SecCardona
#EarlyIntervention is crucial in helping all children read. This is great news for Chicago and Illinois.
So many great things for kids and families this year! So happy to see cuts to #EarlyIntervention restored and an increase for DHS home visiting for the first time in 20 years! 🎉👏
"Play-based instruction is important not just in prekindergarten, but in kindergarten as well. Just like preschoolers, five- and six-year-olds are still in the preoperational stage in their development."
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CPS extended the Round 1 decision deadline to this evening - Monday, April 4 at 5 PM CT.
Here are the CPS High School cut scores.
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"This hustle culture in school sets children up for an adult life that attaches value to productivity while devaluing rest and care."
#CPS #ReImagineEducation
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"We’re all tired, we all want this to be over, but I don’t think it’s over yet and I don’t think it’s time to “go back to normal,” which wasn’t really all that great anyway, but that’s not important right now." from #CPS substitute Cathy Crocco.
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Tomorrow at 11am CT! Class is in session with veteran classroom teacher Joyce Abbott, the teacher that inspired @quintabrunson’s show @AbbottElemABC.
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Happening tomorrow at 11am CT! Class is in session with veteran classroom teacher, Joyce Abbott, the inspiration behind @quintabrunson’s show @AbbottElemABC.
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"What would have happened if Judge #KetanjiBrownJackson had listened to her high school counselor. Imagine what our nation would be missing out on this week if she had listened?" from @HTaylorSchlitz
#BlackStudents
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"All of our kids, after two years, especially our Black and Brown kids, they need that push. Hopefully it becomes a successful program.”
@KelleherMaureen following the #CPS slow-to-start Tutor Corps.
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Working parents are not surprised, but studies from @UChiConsortium confirm that
"when more full-day pre-K options were offered, enrollment rates for Black students more than quadrupled, and enrollment for Latinx students nearly tripled."
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"The teachers and school-level admins at my kids’ school care deeply about the school and about the students. But it is all so, so much. They are stretched so thin that there is no grace to try new things or think outside the box."
#educationreform
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It's fairly safe to say that this story does not come as a particular surprise to most CPS parents.
CPS had little to no public health infrastructure when COVID-19 hit. When it turned to the city, it found a similarly strained setup. wbez.org/stories/cps-is-stil…
Great event coming up on Feb 22 at @hideoutchicago showcasing the photography and activism of @thought_poet77.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Fifth-grader Payton Sawyer noted "There is still a lot of work to be done to reach Dr. King’s goal for economic justice."
She was awarded first prize in the 3rd Annual Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competition.
#StudentVoices
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"The nation has been missing the mark when it comes to the literacy development of Black children, but Black boys in particular."
This interview with @AlfredTatum is well worth a listen. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackStudents
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