Cost for one vial of insulin in 1996: $21
Cost for the same vial of insulin in 2018: $320
What possible reason, other than greed, could there be for the pharmaceutical industry to raise the price of insulin by more than 1,400%?
It's time to end Big Pharma's greed.
Our outstanding educators deserve gratitude year-round, but there’s no better time to remind them how valued and supported they are than during #TeacherAppreciationWeek. We see you, value you, appreciate you, this day and every day. #WeAreLaCrosse
DPI seeks $1.4B in new GPR: Today’s Midday podcast covers the Department of Public Instruction requesting more than $1.4 billion in new GPR in the 2021-23 budget to boost school aids, special education funding and support for mental health. https://t.co/YozEIuGYJ5
Our clerks and election workers are continuing to do their important work after millions of Wisconsinites cast their ballots to make their voices heard.
An election doesn’t end when an elected official says they won—it ends when every vote has been counted.
Connie Schultz on Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: “Yoho and his crew would have liked her to just let it drop. Instead she said, you know what, permission denied ... If you’re going to do this, we’re going to talk about it so all of America can have a conversation.” https://t.co/nVKay3dnjG
There was no empathy or humanity in George Floyd’s death, but there must be empathy and humanity in our response to it. We must offer our compassion, we must offer our support, but most of all, we must offer our action.
https://t.co/k1aBFWS0Hw
We stand with our partner district @ChiPubSchools in calling out racial injustice. Please use and share their new resource, “Say Their Names,” a set of materials and resources to help foster productive conversations about race and civil disobedience. https://t.co/py2rlhlVOA
@jimmykimmel watching your monologue now, THANK YOU for your authenticity & willingness to speak truth to pathetic power!! You make a dark time more tolerable!!
Webinar: Managing Anxiety Around COVID-19. Join the waitlist to receive a link to the recording of the webinar, which will take place Mar. 19. Also check out the tips on this page for managing stress. Register: https://t.co/DcVdNHkMod @marcbrackett @rulerapproach
Hi Friends - Here are some slide decks and materials we created to help students understand #COVID19.
There are materials in English, Spanish and Chinese for these levels:
Preschool
Pre-K-1st grade
2nd-5th Grade
Middle School and High School
https://t.co/Fe8hAsd52L
Folks: this is serious. "Social Distancing" does not just mean "stay home if you are sick." It means "avoid being in close contact with people for anything that is not essential."
This is the #1 thing you can do for your community right now. #COVID19