the teacher shortage in Florida is one of the biggest issues at the moment... these bans are amplifying the stress and intellectual violence. they're hitting teachers at a moment where they are vulnerable. it's a strategic attack

After 23 years of custodial work in preschools from Hollywood to South Los Angeles, Bernice Young said, her pay has climbed from $10.01 an hour to $18.86 an hour. It is barely enough to make the rent on a $2,000-a-month one-bedroom apartment. latimes.com/california/sto…

Even the former Supt. Buetner urges the current Supt. to step up and provide a meaningful increase in benefits for LAUSD's unions. LAUSD has 4.9 billion dollars in reserve. Less stressed staff = better learning env for our kids. @seiulocal99 @utlanow Los Angeles Unified #solidarity

Well lookie here… he said it in Twitterland, “and if we do not significantly improve conditions for teachers…” (flash forward to today) …SEIU Local 99 & United Teachers Los Angeles will strike because you won’t give us what YOU said we need to provide safe educational schools for our students.

Today's middle & HS students do not need another strategy or a lesson on comprehension. The act of reading drives #deeperlearning. ascd.org/el/articles/le… via ASCD @pennykittle #literacy

The Denver East High School shooter is a student who was on a behavioral plan that required him to be searched at the beginning of each school day. He shot two school administrators with a handgun this morning as they patted him down. abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-re…

Audiobooks can be used with adolescent readers to improve their reading fluency, expand their vocabulary, develop their comprehension & increase their motivation to interact with books. edsurge.com/news/2023-03-2… #literacy

We are not interested in policing pedagogy said Deputy Supe of Public Instruction Steve Zimmer. It's time to expand what has been proven to work. There’s evidence that shows the importance of building foundational skills. edsource.org/?page_id=687430 via EdSource #literacy #LAUSD

This article is heartbreaking and infuriating, given all that I’ve seen athletics do for my own kids’ & my Ss’ sense of self & community, effort & collaboration, hard work & accomplishment Let ALL kids play nytimes.com/2023/03/24/hea…

NO CHARTER CO-LOCATION at JOHN LIECHTY MIDDLE SCHOOL - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7ywHrqZS via Change.org United Teachers Los Angeles UTLA Adult Ed Centro CSO East Area Prog. Dems

Until now, in 16 years of writing Ask a Manager, I've never had a flood of people from one specific field write to me to ask about how to leave their field. But it's happening now with teaching -- every day I have another letter from a teacher who's trying to get out

Efforts to censor library books and resources nearly doubled last year. The most in 20 years. latimes.com/world-nation/s… #engsschat