Jessica

Not only regulations are needed but a strong push for critical media literacy in schools and at home. There are so many loopholes-young people, caregivers, and educators need to be part of the conversation because we can't simply assume bans and restrictions will fix everything

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.

It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.

This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

I was reflecting recently on the fact that over the course of 50 years, Carnegie funded the building of 2500 public libraries (1800 in the US).

Imagine a national project that would build 2000 new 21st century public libraries in 25 years. That's something that would rally a lot of people.

How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

The targeting of higher-education institutions by the US federal government is the grotesque fruit of a multi-decade political movement to erode public trust in universities.
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As a social studies 🥲 this makes me very happy. But I also hope NJ is doing better at allocating actual Social Studies time in students' schedules

F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots

“Agency staff members had concluded that the F.D.A. should allow a wide range of age groups to receive the vaccines, citing high hospitalization rates among young children….Vinay Prasad, the agency official in charge of vaccines & gene therapies at the F.D.A., disagreed, overriding those scientists”

To compare artifacts that were read and written to the act and process of reading and writing shows me he doesn't understand how reading and writing works 🤦

You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy? “She painted a very clear picture about survival.”

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?

This is ridiculous. What happened to the parent rights bs? I want my young child to be vaccinated and protected.

I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.

📉 Vouchers. Budget cuts. Federal attacks on the Department of Education.

All of these schemes have one thing in common: they strip resources from kids and weaken public schools.

Public education isn’t a luxury, it’s a promise. And we’re fighting to keep that promise alive.

New report details the benefits of unions to workers, communities, and democracy A new Economic Policy Institute report documents the strong correlation between higher levels of unionization and a range of economic, personal, and democratic well-being measures. In the same way uni...

A new report from @epi.org shows that states with high union density also have:
✊Higher incomes
✊Greater access to health & unemployment insurance
✊Higher spending on education
✊Greater access to sick leave
✊Fewer restrictions on voting rights
#WorkersDeserve

Council vote will hopefully override this ridiculous veto. Street vendors should have never been given criminal tickets

Alaska ignored budget crisis signs. Now, it doesn't have money to fix schools Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.

Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.

Not a teacher shortage, a wage shortage By Cory O’Hayer

In AFT Voices, @aftmass.bsky.social member Cory O’Hayer breaks down what’s driving educators out of the profession: "It’s not a teacher shortage, it’s a wage shortage."

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

Senate forum highlights attacks on public education The ongoing attacks on public education were the focus of a forum hosted by Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) on July 24. Several panelists, including AFT President Randi Weingarten, discussed the impac...

“Public education is a public resource. It is what we need to create an enduring democracy and opportunity and dignity for all, and we will not stop fighting for it.” - @rweingarten.bsky.social

Absolutely essential. Libraries too.

House Republicans Grill CUNY Chief on Campus Antisemitism Claims Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez became the latest university chief facing hostile questioners, where his non-responses did little to satisfy House Republicans while they also infuriated the union…

Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez became the latest university chief facing hostile questioners, where his non-responses did little to satisfy House Republicans while they also infuriated the union representing faculty members.

The org that helped get Joselyn come home: www.mitlalli.org/about

Claire, a mixed race woman holds a huge stack of middle grade books. Soni and the Life Drinkers Artezans: The Whispering World The Deadly Fates Vivi Conway and the Lost Hero by The Runaways The Line They Drew Through Us by People Like Stars Deep Dark The House at the Edge of the World Wolf Siren Vanya and the Wild Hunt The Storm Singer

In case you’ve missed some of the great middle grade books from diverse voices this year here’s a huge stack of my favourite ones!

Good. I hope to see the end of mayoral control in education and a new collaborative process, maybe even community control.

Is that hope in the air? 🙃 NYC we got this.

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

We have to keep fighting though, because this is likely not the end of this

It bears repeating that 5calls.org makes it incredibly easy to contact your reps. They give you the phone numbers, a script to read, and a run down of what is happening with each issue. I just called my senators in my pjs half awake and I'll probably do it some more later

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