FYI this isn't stopping. There have been 18 mass shootings SINCE Uvalde.
You need to know this. Because it's not going to stop until we do something.
1/ Here's just a sampling of the slaughter in the last six days:
When I was a kid, my dad shook me out of a dead sleep, frantically saying: "We're going to McDonald's.” Not the whole family, just us. We silently sat in the restaurant for an hour, then left. I finally asked him about that night—but his answer just made me more scared.
@VPrasadMDMPH We’ve had schools open since August here ... hasn’t changed the virus’ trajectory and hasn’t changed people’s behavior ... we’re in an out break with the coroner asking for more body storage.
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New report shows more instructional time in social studies—but not in English language arts—is associated with improved reading ability. Kids who benefit most? Children from lower-income and/or non-English-speaking families, and girls. https://t.co/ROpKpkQuuU
@rgj How convenient .. they set metrics, metrics are met for shutting down. BOT now wants to wait to come up with a plan, but I thought the plan was to shut down when the metrics were met?! I agree things are going okay, now, at the school I work at. What happens when they aren’t?
Unpopular opinion of the day: Requiring reading logs documenting how many minutes or pages young people read is more about compliance and exerting control than "motivating" readers or "proving" any reading occurred.