Huge shout out to Lillian Mongeau Hughes, former star editor at The Hechinger Report now star editor at OPB, for her support with this story about struggling students and the lack of school staff to support them. It's an honor to be a finalist in this year's Education Writers Association news awards. #ewaAWARDS.

Congratulations to the Education Writers Association #ewaAWARDS winners for News (Small Newsroom) Jackie Mader Kavitha Cardoza Kate Rix of The Hechinger Report. Their series on #trauma, #mentalhealth and #children was "significant and timely." Read it here: bit.ly/3PiVM3L

Congrats to my new and old colleagues for all the amazing work you did last year on incredibly important stories, which was recognized yesterday by our @EWA friends. Proud to know you!! Caroline Preston Jackie Mader Kavitha Cardoza Kate Rix Lillian Mongeau Hughes Erica L. Green

Congratulations Jackie Mader Kavitha Cardoza Kate Rix and all of the Education Writers Association #ewaAWARDS winners! 👏

I wrote this story last year, as kids were headed back to school after lockdown, and won an ⁦Education Writers Association⁩ news award for it over the weekend. Sadly the mental health crisis for young people has only gotten worse. #mentalhealth #trauma #children hechingerreport.org/nations-skelet…

“The city of Dallas is so segregated that, by using the 50/50 model, we can easily achieve racially diverse schools,” hechingerreport.org/dallas-parents… Kate Rix Solutions Journalism Network

If one of the most segregated districts in the country can create racially and economically diverse schools, then others can too. #diversity #education Take a page from the Dallas playbook. hechingerreport.org/dallas-parents…

Thank you Scientific American for recognizing the important role that school-based health centers play in helping children and adolescents succeed and thrive at school! scientificamerican.com/article/we-nee…

I’m at Lake Merritt today. The red tide fish kill continued last night. O2 levels plummeted and tens of thousands (likely more) sardines perished, in addition to hundred of striped bass, rays, and more.

This print and audio reportage does an amazing job exploring the disproportionate impact of school closures on Black and brown communities. #education #equity #Oakland #schools #schoolclosed

What an unfortunate moniker for Mr. Arnal nytimes.com/2022/09/04/bus…

I hate this fucking job

A chilling account of unprepared students successfully changing the rules of the academy. Gives a bad name to student activism, IMHO. #highereducation nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…

They're everywhere!

What’s next? Self-tweeting Twitter accounts?

As a committed “snowflake” I find this essay thought provoking and challenging, in a good way. #mentalhealth #selfcare nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opi…

How schools are addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia k12dive.com/news/3-steps-s…