#Inequities

In the name of “equity”, California DOE’s 2021 Mathematics Framework attacks the idea of gifted students and eliminates opportunities for accelerated math.- no grouping students by ability- no Algebra for
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1/ The statistics about deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes are so overwhelming that it can be hard to grasp the amount of pain and grief that they describe. (by
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Always more to learn on this topic, so I appreciate this event from @TheNewSchool with perspectives from Twitter friend @nataliapetrzela, as well as @profcarroll, @shannonmattern, @mckenziewark, and Mira Jacob. To
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I just wrote a really long thread and then accidentally lost it. The gist was this: it must be incredibly demoralizing for the people who put a decade into crafting
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Dear Dr. Collins @NIHDirector and Dr. Lauer @NIHgrants --I am a member of the @CSRpeerreview Advisory Council. A week has passed since I sent the letter below to each of
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Three of every four rural counties in the U.S. are in what the White House Coronavirus Task Force defines as a “red zone.”The virus is spreading out of control in
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Notes from today's @ASHEoffice webinar on "Resisting Disaster Academic Capitalism and White Supremacy" w/ @lesliedgonzales, @garyrhoades, @gblancoedd, @doctorkag, @trans_killjoy, & @HeatherShotton #ASHE2020 (a thread ) Dis
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What does the future hold for chronic disease #prevention research? New paper from @TAPPCentre @LucieRychetnik @leahmarksy @profaw out today in @anzjph https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.13028 1/n This commentary is
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#420 #ThreadOn #420day, we want to remind you that while this celebration may be the source of profit & pleasure for some......for others, it is a source of pain. The
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420 Policy Thread Exec Summary:MJ = Cannabis. MJ was criminalized in 1930s, this movement was rooted in racism & fear & have caused disproportionate racial composition in prisons. In states
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Thread: Today, a new HUD rule that unravels federal #housing anti-discrimination efforts goes into effect. Here’s why that’s damaging to millions It largely reverses a 2015 regulation that advanced
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Teachers and tracking by ability... are insufferable 1. It’s ableist AF. In our anti racism work we are invested in dismantling all systems of oppression (especially within our schools where
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Our recent issue, 'Private partners and profits in public schools: new challenges' edited by @EeSeulYoon and @Swintoncpa was incredibly popular! We're revisiting each of the papers and their responses from
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POWERFUL & timely essay by @JohnRWoodJr. Read the thread. It's may not be what you expected:"We do need unity in America. We need peace & order. We need justice &
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Brampton continues to be at the epicentre of Ontario’s fight against COVID-19 with area hospitals detecting record-high positivity rates in patients and 1 in 5 people who show up at
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Doing some processing this morning about how Mississippi lawmakers removed the state flag, the last in the nation featuring the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been a wild few days.Here’s a
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