GOOD NEWS ALERT:
In California, grocery stores can no longer throw away produce that is still edible.
Starting this week, supermarkets and food suppliers must donate unspoiled food to food banks and rescues.
Topeka fifth-grader Wyatt Starz created an organization to help kids who are bullied. On Saturday, he led the Miracle on Kansas Avenue Parade as junior grand marshal. https://t.co/Lg0VoCbk30
"If half the kids can't read without paying for outside tutors, you don't have an 'intervention problem' - you have a core instruction problem."
An official told me that was "deep"
My respnse: It's really not. We just abandoned common sense to justify practices and outcomes.
The whole damn system is guilty. The judge, the jury, the lawyers. And when we call for "justice" in a system that is already guilty of white supremacy, we give it more power. And until we confront that fact, more people will die, and their killers will continue to go free
Teaching reading is highly skilled work. It requires well-trained teachers & educators who are knowledgeable about reading development, data-based & assessment based instructional decisions, & a wide array of evidence based & personalised teaching strategies @reading_league